Third Wave Here?

[Catseye3]

Writing down "bean counterese".

[Doctor Phibes]

Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

I was going to say, "Indeed, just look at....."

But then I realized I'd offend too many people here.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Third Wave Here?:

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

I was going to say, "Indeed, just look at....."

But then I realized I'd offend too many people here.

The really dumb ones wouldn't realise you meant them.

You did mean 'them', right? RIGHT?????

[Renauda]

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

[Catseye3]

I know who he meant. Don't you worry about that.

[Horace]

@renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

Everybody counts beans, whether they admit it or not.

[LuFins Dad]

@doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

Every Monday morning I am in a manager meeting where we go over activity for the past week and compare to prior year... This week I might have caused a bit of a ruckus by asking why we were comparing this week vs this week last year, and perhaps we should compare with 19? And that for the next three months, comparisons might be pointless.

[Doctor Phibes]

@horace said in Third Wave Here?:

Everybody counts beans, whether they admit it or not.

I suspect that pretty much everybody wanks, or has at some time, but not everybody is a wanker.

[Mik]

Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

[LuFins Dad]

@mik said in Third Wave Here?:

Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

To paraphrase a great man...

If you meet somebody and think they are a wanker, they’re probably a wanker. If you think everybody you meet is a wanker, chances are that you are the wanker...

[Catseye3]

Twain?

[Doctor Phibes]

@catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

Twain?

That guy was a wanker.

[Doctor Phibes]

@lufins-dad said in Third Wave Here?:

@mik said in Third Wave Here?:

Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

To paraphrase a great man...

If you meet somebody and think they are a wanker, they’re probably a wanker. If you think everybody you meet is a wanker, chances are that you are the wanker...

I don't think Mr. Twain lived in Massachusetts.

Also, I don't think Mr. Twain said that quote about assholes.

[Renauda]

Beethoven was known to count out coffee beans obsessively in preparing his morning waker upper.

And yes, he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker.

[Mik]

@catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

Twain?

I first heard it in an Elmore Leonard show.

[George K]

@renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker

Funny you should mention. Years ago, I listened to Greenberg's biography of Ludwig. He (Beethoven, not Greenberg) was such a horrible, horrible person. The account of his dealing with his sister-in-law and the custody of his nephew made me really, really dislike the man. Granted, it was an emotional response, but it was a long time before I could enjoy his music without thinking of what an asshole he was.

[Horace]

He was also avaricious. And deaf. I hate deaf people.

[George K]

He was also horny AF. I hate...

...ah never mind.

[Renauda]

@horace said in Third Wave Here?:

He was also avaricious. And deaf. I hate deaf people.

Some would say frugal and most bean counters I have encountered are deaf to reality.