Higher-level co-worker: Most of your problem is that people think that you act like you're better or smarter than they are, and it turns them off.
Isaac: Can you give me an example?
Higher-level co-worker: Okay, like when you said "en route" just a bit ago, it turned people off. Why can't you just say that it's on its way?
Isaac: Can you give me an example?
Higher-level co-worker: Okay, like when you said "en route" just a bit ago, it turned people off. Why can't you just say that it's on its way?
posted by isaacjosephson at 3:56 PM
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I'm the first to admit I've got a problem showing patience when I think dealing with dummies... but to have to bring it down to THIS level to make people happy here at my current job? That leaves me speechless. Honestly. Wow.
it never bothered me much 'cause i figured you were smarter than me...
if someone is put off by your use of the term "en route" I think it proves that you're smarter than they, but also shows exactly how pathetic they are.
and oh yes, since typically these people are working FOR you and not viceversa you probably SHOULD be better and smarter than they are.
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I'm guessing your issue at work was bigger than just your utterance of "en route."
And I wrestle with the same...let's call it "grandiosity"...that you do Isaac, so I'm not throwing stones. I'm always reminded of the scene in BROADCAST NEWS where someone says to Holly Hunter's character, "It must be horrible to always be the smartest person in the room," and she misses the sarcasm (or ignores it) and replies, "It's awful."
Hah! I forgot about that line from Broadcast News. Love that movie. Love Holly Hunter. There's a reason I married a tv journalist from the south. Oh wait... she's an editor, not a producer. And she's from Queens, not Georgia. Anyway...
Just avoid the French, brother, and you should be fine. And the latinates. Stick to words with Germanic/Anglo-Saxon roots and no more than three syllables.
no comment. oh yeah, this is meant to be a place for comments.
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