I work with this middle aged slightly chunky strawberry blonde (ginger) woman, and she keeps using teenage boy compuer game slang in meetings, its getting a little bit embarassing and people are starting chortle behind her back (we are not sniggering yet, but its only a matter of time till things escalate to sniggering). Just today when some poor guy made a mistake she shrieked "NOOB!!" and giggled... should I confront this northern lass and tell her that she doesnt need to talk like a teenage geek to fit in with middle aged geeks?
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Just give her some cheese or chocolate to keep her quiet - that's what I always do.
And well done for being able to understand a Geordie accent - I have to keep referring to my copy of "Larn Yersel' Geordie" so that I can understand what is being said at me (rather than to me).Comment
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sounds like her doesn't it NoobOriginally posted by sasguru View PostSally Anne?Thats the way the cookie crumblesComment
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Offer her a wispa and make her eat it there and then in exchange for your silence...Originally posted by tay View PostI work with this middle aged slightly chunky strawberry blonde (ginger) woman, and she keeps using teenage boy compuer game slang in meetings, its getting a little bit embarassing and people are starting chortle behind her back (we are not sniggering yet, but its only a matter of time till things escalate to sniggering). Just today when some poor guy made a mistake she shrieked "NOOB!!" and giggled... should I confront this northern lass and tell her that she doesnt need to talk like a teenage geek to fit in with middle aged geeks?Comment
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Make sure you're sitting down behind a desk first though.Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostOffer her a wispa and make her eat it there and then in exchange for your silence...Comment
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Count yourself lucky... I've just had a coffee with a chap who is wearing ladies undercrackers and makes sure that you catch a glance..Comment
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Does he have a Porsche as a second car, own a motorboat, and need the to use the Masons as a sort of social crutch due to a hugely over-developed insecurity complex?Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostCount yourself lucky... I've just had a coffee with a chap who is wearing ladies undercrackers and makes sure that you catch a glance..
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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No, he's probably a Scot with a penchant for smilies, a chip on his shoulder and a need to snipe at his superiors.Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostDoes he have a Porsche as a second car, own a motorboat, and need the to use the Masons as a sort of social crutch due to a hugely over-developed insecurity complex?

Without the smilies SB, we wouldn't know where to laugh. Keep at it old bhoy.Comment
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