The other day, while visiting a friend in another office in the building, I asked if she could point me toward the bubbler. Her quiet, grumpy coworker looked up and fixed me with this weird, moony stare. After a second, I finally said "...What?" to which he replied, "I just don't know why you would call it a bubbler."
"Because...that's what I'm looking for?"
"But it's a water fountain."
"And yet, obviously people also call it a bubbler, as you knew what I was talking about by my question."
"Yeah, but nobody calls it that around here."
"You're right. Let's be sure to make sure we all think and say the exact same things from here on out. Should make life much more manageable."
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Date: 2007-03-29 03:28 pm (UTC)"Because...that's what I'm looking for?"
"But it's a water fountain."
"And yet, obviously people also call it a bubbler, as you knew what I was talking about by my question."
"Yeah, but nobody calls it that around here."
"You're right. Let's be sure to make sure we all think and say the exact same things from here on out. Should make life much more manageable."
I don't think he and I will be friends.
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Date: 2007-03-30 08:18 pm (UTC)