• Decoy321@lemmy.worldM
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    Just as the phrase is “for God’s sake,” the proper grammar is “for fuck’s sake.” It’s possessive. The fuck is the subject here, it’s for their sake. For the sake of the fuck.

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    Neither are correct for a work email. If you want to say “for fuck’s sakes”, instead say “as per our earlier discussion”.

    Follow for more tips on how to insult people professionally in a work environment.

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      For the usual candidates I either keep detailed notes, or make sure I can quickly find an earlier conversation (chat, email, whatever).

      So in that case I’m then just answering “As we’ve discussed on 14.04. at 13:39, 17.04 14:30 and 20.04 at 14:15 already…”

      They typically get the hint that when I’m capable of remembering in detail when we discussed it they maybe should make an effort of remembering what we discussed.

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        These bastards tend to refuse to put anything down in writing and insist on calling or meeting face to face because “it’s faster”. But we all know it’s so they have no accountability on what they say.

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          Then the trick is to immediately do the “follow up” email to recap what was discussed. And CC some folks who weren’t there.

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            Oh but they will neither confirm, nor correct you and then they will say that the recap was all wrong because reasons and they never even saw your email because too busy doing work or something

            But that’s a good idea, actually, I’ll try that in my team interactions

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              The important part is to include something alongs the lines of "Please let me know if this is not correct by xx/yy/zzzz, otherwise we will proceed on the assumption it is.’ That way their ignoring your message becomes agreement and it is much harder for them to gi back on it.

              Use their inaction to get the result you need.

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          Just send an email afterwards with the meeting notes. CC all participants and/or relevant people. They almost never contend the notes, and if they do, I invite more people to the meeting next time so they can’t pull that again.

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            In the enterprise everyone is equal but some are more equal than others. Not everyone can benefit from that lack of accountability and not everyone wants to, btw.

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    Here’s one for you: “an apron” used to be “a napron”.

    Linguists call this sort of change Rebracketing

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    People still use Quora??? That’s kind of like asking a dog or cat for advice… And not a particularly smart dog or cat for that matter

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      Asking strangers for advice online is so unreliable you might as well ask ChatGPT every time now.

      That’s what I’ve been doing and it’s been brilliant

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
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      Quora results show up way more often than “that other website” now when I Google stuff. Google really took that exodus to heart lmao

      But yeah fuck quora and their “sign in to see answers” and then it’s just more questions half the page. But sometimes it’s useful

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      Disclaimer: I have never posted anything on Quora. However, on rather specific subjects, especially things relative to cultures and communities, I’ve had limited good luck there after Google searches… Even a trash pile at times has more value than we attribute it.

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        Sure, but you have to rummage through trash to find it. I’m sure there’s gold and jewellery at the dump, not about to go looking for it though.

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    I always say “for fucks sake” but now im realizing makes its “for fuck’s sake”? Not sure who fuck is though.

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    It reminds me of a local translation of Borderlands 2 in russian that added an edgy description to one weapon. Since we are a host of such a thing as orthodox christianity, with holy trinity to top it all, there is a common wording like ‘In the name of the God, the Son, the Holy Spirit’. They took it and themed it after pigs: ‘In the name of the oats, the hay, the piggy ear’. Here are original and remix:

    Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа

    Во имя Овса, и Сена, и Свиного Уха

    As you can see, most letters match, and they sound very close. There’s no reason for me to remember it for ten+ years, and now you know it too.

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      In this reading “behalf” and “sake” are doing the same thing for “fuck” so that usage read a little redundant to me. If you’re looking for the “on behalf of” structure you could go with:

      “I you’ve told me you don’t give a fuck, but I do. On behalf of fuck, I’m communicating to you that the action requested needs to be completed by you and your team.”

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    Image Transcription: Quora


    Is it “for fucks sake” or “for fuck sake”? It’s for a work email so it has to sound professional.