goer.org

« Linkdump: Ethics and Other Obsolete Things | Main | Shameless Self-Promotion »

This Conversation Never Happened

'Tis the day before Thanksgiving, and I expect the office will be deserted. One thing I know for sure is that all my fellow tech writers have decided to take a vacation day. My boss's parting words were, "Hold down the fort." She left off the "comma, kid" at the end, thank goodness.

Of course holding down the fort won't be too difficult; even a lone tech writer can be awfully intimidating. Case in point: a few weeks ago, I ran into one of our senior engineers in the hallway. "Hey, did you send me a review copy of your new guide?" he asked.

"Oops," I said. "You were supposed to be on the list, but I completely forgot. Sorry about that. I'll email you a copy."

His face fell. "No no," he said, backing away slowly, "No need for that..." And with that, he turned and fled. "This conversation never happened!"

Posted by Evan Goer on Nov. 26, 2003 at 9:01 AM | Comments (5)

Comments

  1. Now you have memorialized the conversation that never happened. Doesn't that break the rules of "Never Happening"?

    Just for the record, I NEVER recieve review copies of the new guide either.

    But don't bother to send it to me either, kiddo. ;)

    Posted by Adiv on Nov. 26, 2003 at 11:39 AM

  2. Hey, I had to do something about his clever maneuvering. Revenge is a dish best served cold... and it is very cold in the Blogosphere...

    Eh, never mind.

    Posted by Evan on Nov. 26, 2003 at 12:18 PM

  3. But, can they hear you scream in it?

    Posted by Slamfu on Nov. 29, 2003 at 11:27 AM

  4. Of course they can hear you scream in it. That's the whole point of the Blogosphere.

    Posted by Evan on Nov. 30, 2003 at 1:15 AM

  5. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    Just wanted to be heard.

    Posted by Screamer on Dec. 02, 2003 at 4:23 PM

Post a comment

(Optional, but hides your email address)

Are you a spammer? (REQUIRED — you must select "No" to post.)

NOTE: For mysterious reasons, comment posting is extremely slow right now. It can take from 30-60 seconds after you hit "Submit" for your comment to post. However, your comment will go through; you shouldn't need to click the button again.

Comment Syntax

The basics:

  • For a new paragraph, enter two carriage returns.
  • Plain URLs such as http://www.yahoo.com automatically become links.
  • The system encodes all angle brackets and ampersands. For example, if you try to enter a HTML paragraph, the system displays the open tag literally as "<p>".

Show advanced syntax

About

This entry was posted on November 26, 2003 by Evan Goer.

For more entries, you can visit the main journal page or browse through the complete archives, which date back to 2001.

Subscribe to this Site

(What does subscribing mean?)

Recent Posts

  1. Apr 20: Sorry, My Amicus Briefs Only Work Against Chaotic Evil
  2. Apr 07: Time for Some Good Old-fashioned Embezzling
  3. Mar 30: Does 'FIRE EVERYTHING!!!' Sound Better in German?
  4. Mar 10: Pop Quiz: Good Parenting
  5. Mar 06: Thank Gods for the iPhone App Store
  6. Feb 28: Why "Never Let Me Go" is Boring As Hell
  7. Jan 31: Two Thousand Hours
  8. Jan 21: I Will Make You Stuff!
  9. Jan 08: I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm written for the IBM 7094!
  10. Jan 02: NieceTube - Nesya Loses at Fencing

Friends and Family

Copyright

Creative Commons License Text released under Creative Commons.

To use this license, you must attribute this work properly. This license does not extend to comments unless the original poster of that comment states otherwise.

Powered by Movable Type 3.33.

Home | About | Journal | HTML Tutorial

© Copyright 2001-2007, Evan Goer. Some Rights Reserved. Last Updated April 20, 2009.