Most Hated Phrase
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techrecovery"I'm computer illiterate"
This nonsensical term is so aggravating. People from all walks of life use the term even some fairly intelligent people. The major problem with the statement is that it makes no sense logically or grammatically.
Does it mean they cant read something on a computer screen but if its printed out they can read it.
Does it mean that they cant read the text on the outside of the system itself.
The statement is so stupid and the fact that people chime it out as a way of saying they don't know about computers only aggravates me.
Now, I have no problem with people who don't know much about computers, I don't know much about blacksmithing, raising farm animals, brain surgery or tennis to name a few. I would have no problem with people showing us and saying something like "I'm not good with these", "I don't know much about em" heck ill even accept "I'm scared of these things" but at least those are legitimate statements that would not make an English teacher cringe.
This nonsensical term is so aggravating. People from all walks of life use the term even some fairly intelligent people. The major problem with the statement is that it makes no sense logically or grammatically.
Does it mean they cant read something on a computer screen but if its printed out they can read it.
Does it mean that they cant read the text on the outside of the system itself.
The statement is so stupid and the fact that people chime it out as a way of saying they don't know about computers only aggravates me.
Now, I have no problem with people who don't know much about computers, I don't know much about blacksmithing, raising farm animals, brain surgery or tennis to name a few. I would have no problem with people showing us and saying something like "I'm not good with these", "I don't know much about em" heck ill even accept "I'm scared of these things" but at least those are legitimate statements that would not make an English teacher cringe.
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Date: 2010-08-25 04:15 am (UTC)My other most hated phrases are "We've been having glitches" and "We've been having challenges." Challenges is just an overly polite way of saying "the software has been breaking all day and we're about to chuck this thing out the window", and I hate the word glitch. Neither phrase actually tells me what the problem is.
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Date: 2010-09-22 11:28 am (UTC)Depends. "Challenges" can also be a polite way of saying "The cheap basta#ds in purchasing bought the minimum OS requirements, overloaded it and now the CPOS won't work/run."
Been there, more or less survived it.
The crowning moment was when a vendor -- ahh, sod it -- when AGFA told my former employer (Carilion Clinic) that they weren't extending the service contract AGAIN because Carilion had failed to upgrade a 10 year old program.
Laughed my butt off. We had the inevitable hardware failure -- six year old drive died -- and I had the pleasure of listening as my boss told the admin puke "I understand it's $400/hr. It's broken and HAS to be fixed. YOU didn't upgrade it, now GET IT FIXED."