Now I'm afraid for our future

[IronWing]

A coworker is reviewing some contract bids. The question shouted over the cubical wall was "Cubic meters aren't the same as square meters, are they?" I had to explain that cubic meters is a volume measurement (like gallons) and square meters is an area measurement (like acres). Yes, I had to explain it. I had to explain it. I had to explain it. I...had...to...explain...it.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Maybe you should be reviewing the contract bids and that guy should be cleaning the bathrooms.

 

[GotIssues]

If that was only the dumbest quesiton asked by kids these days.

I weep for our future when I overhear conversations from anyone under the age of 20. Talk about a generation as dumb as rocks and a broken moral compass...

 

[SandEagle]

i weep for our future when 'despair' is spelled as 'dispair' in the tags. :\

 

[Tim]

i weep for our future when 'despair' is spelled as 'dispair' in the tags. :\

OP owned.... by SandEagle, of all people. Yes, he had to correct your spelling, correct your spelling, correct your spelling, correct.. your.... spelling..........

 

[IronWing]

What's really sad is how long it took me to remember how to edit tags.

Anyway, the coworker is older than me.

 

[Jeff7]

As soon as you say any kind of metric unit, a lot of people will either switch off, or panic.


Also, square meters = cubic kilograms.
Srsly. :awe:

 

[lxskllr]

As soon as you say any kind of metric unit, a lot of people will either switch off, or panic.

The resistance to metric units is mind boggling. Making measurements hardly gets any easier, yet people still cling to their caveman units :^/

 

[rcpratt]

Dear god.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

a coworker is reviewing some contract bids. The question shouted over the cubical wall was "cubic meters aren't the same as square meters, are they?" i had to explain that cubic meters is a volume measurement (like gallons) and square meters is an area measurement (like acres). Yes, i had to explain it. I had to explain it. I had to explain it. I...had...to...explain...it.

lmfao

 

[JTsyo]

What's really sad is how long it took me to remember how to edit tags.

Anyway, the coworker is older than me.

So why are you worried about the future? He'll croak before you.

 

[PottedMeat]

A coworker is reviewing some contract bids. The question shouted over the cubical wall was "Cubic meters aren't the same as square meters, are they?" I had to explain that cubic meters is a volume measurement (like gallons) and square meters is an area measurement (like acres). Yes, I had to explain it. I had to explain it. I had to explain it. I...had...to...explain...it.

this guy has no actual responsibility right? like he's got nothing to do and is just reading random stuff right?

 

[chitwood]

thats ok, I got into an argument with someone once because she believed that 750mL was a liter.

 

[RearAdmiral]

If that was only the dumbest quesiton asked by kids these days.

I weep for our future when I overhear conversations from anyone under the age of 20. Talk about a generation as dumb as rocks and a broken moral compass...

That's funny. I feel the same way about people over 40.

 

[Thebobo]

thats ok, I got into an argument with someone once because she believed that 750mL was a liter.

LOL

 

[Jeff7]

The resistance to metric units is mind boggling. Making measurements hardly gets any easier, yet people still cling to their caveman units :^/

My only issue with metric is that I grew up on Imperial unit insanity. Ounces in a pint in a quart in a gallon in a godthissucks. But that's the system in which I'm calibrated.

When it comes to doing engineering calculations, I prefer to convert everything to metric before doing anything else. The units make more sense, and if something seems to be off by a factor of 10, it's probably a unit screwup.

Oh, and for those who didn't know, the Imperial unit for mass is the slug. There's something you definitely hear every day.

 

[brianmanahan]

If that was only the dumbest quesiton asked by kids these days.

I weep for our future when I overhear conversations from anyone under the age of 20. Talk about a generation as dumb as rocks and a broken moral compass...

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

― Socrates, ~400 BC

 

[irishScott]

this guy has no actual responsibility right? like he's got nothing to do and is just reading random stuff right?

He's got about as much intelligence as the main character from District 9 that everybody seems to love.