So I slipped and called a coworker by her nickname...

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FDF12389

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Originally posted by: fossilburner
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: fossilburner
so you were angry she called you Doogie Howser because NPH is gay?

No. I just told her I was.

so now she thinks you have a problem with gays too?


btw, how old are you?

I'm only being childish because its the only language she understands. Shes 28, I'm a little younger than that.
 

Vonkhan

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Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: fossilburner
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: fossilburner
so you were angry she called you Doogie Howser because NPH is gay?

No. I just told her I was.

so now she thinks you have a problem with gays too?


btw, how old are you?

I'm only being childish because its the only language she understands. Shes 28, I'm a little younger than that.

you're both 6, congrats :D
 

FDF12389

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Originally posted by: Vonkhan
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: fossilburner
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: fossilburner
so you were angry she called you Doogie Howser because NPH is gay?

No. I just told her I was.

so now she thinks you have a problem with gays too?


btw, how old are you?

I'm only being childish because its the only language she understands. Shes 28, I'm a little younger than that.

you're both 6, congrats :D

:beer:
 

Genx87

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Gather evidence that proves she is a piglet. At the very least it will provide some entertainment value as HR tries to decide if you need therapy.
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: OrByte
speaking about things that slipped while talking to a co-worker.

I worked with a gal, she was lesbian, she was great! a good friend, super funny and we just hit it off like two peas in a pod.

One time we were walking and talking and she said something to me and I thought "Awww man that sucks!"

but

it came out

"Aww man thats gay!!"

it broke my heart to see the look on her face and she was never the same with me again. I lost a good friend.

odd.

every gay person I've known (even the lesbians and bull dykes), use "that's gay" as an insult all the time.
 

FDF12389

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OrByte
speaking about things that slipped while talking to a co-worker.

I worked with a gal, she was lesbian, she was great! a good friend, super funny and we just hit it off like two peas in a pod.

One time we were walking and talking and she said something to me and I thought "Awww man that sucks!"

but

it came out

"Aww man thats gay!!"

it broke my heart to see the look on her face and she was never the same with me again. I lost a good friend.

odd.

every gay person I've known (even the lesbians and bull dykes), use "that's gay" as an insult all the time.

Maybe they just lied and told you there were lesbian. ;)
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: moshquerade
HR is definitely going to have a talk with you over that?

ffs, people are so super sensitive.

you should've just oinked in her general direction.

You've got THAT right, jismlips! :p ;)

asshole. :p

disclaimer: and i sorta mean that in a nice, don't ban me or report me to Anandtech HR - kinda way. ;)
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OrByte
speaking about things that slipped while talking to a co-worker.

I worked with a gal, she was lesbian, she was great! a good friend, super funny and we just hit it off like two peas in a pod.

One time we were walking and talking and she said something to me and I thought "Awww man that sucks!"

but

it came out

"Aww man thats gay!!"

it broke my heart to see the look on her face and she was never the same with me again. I lost a good friend.

odd.

every gay person I've known (even the lesbians and bull dykes), use "that's gay" as an insult all the time.

Maybe they just lied and told you there were lesbian. ;)

impossible.


seriously... but not just lesbians; The queens, too ;)
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: moshquerade
HR is definitely going to have a talk with you over that?

ffs, people are so super sensitive.

you should've just oinked in her general direction.

You've got THAT right, jismlips! :p ;)

asshole. :p

disclaimer: and i sorta mean that in a nice, don't ban me or report me to Anandtech HR - kinda way. ;)

no need.

we all know Perknose is a cum dumpster, anyway. :p
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: AndrewR
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: Perknose
Calling her "piglet" would have been funnier if she were Muslim. ;)

Agreed, but then I probably would be much worse off too.

I wasn't being the least bit serious. :(

Neither was I, racism is just cheap hate.

FYI, Islam isn't a "race".

But bigotry is bigotry, prejudice is prejudice, and both are that foul-smelling combination of abysmal ignorance and low, ugly meanness.

 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: moshquerade
HR is definitely going to have a talk with you over that?

ffs, people are so super sensitive.

you should've just oinked in her general direction.

You've got THAT right, jismlips! :p ;)

asshole. :p

disclaimer: and i sorta mean that in a nice, don't ban me or report me to Anandtech HR - kinda way. ;)

:laugh:

Hands Mosh a kleenex. ;)

 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
i love how adding a smiley gets you out of jail free. all hail the emoticon.

I have NO idea what you could possibly be talking about. :laugh: ;)

 

FDF12389

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
i love how adding a smiley gets you out of jail free. all hail the emoticon.

Its not free, it costs a smiley. Sometimes a cookie.
 

AAjax

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Derogatory nic's are lame and dangerous at work.

Only one dude here has a nic, and its McLovin. He likes it :p
 

OrByte

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Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: OrByte
speaking about things that slipped while talking to a co-worker.

I worked with a gal, she was lesbian, she was great! a good friend, super funny and we just hit it off like two peas in a pod.

One time we were walking and talking and she said something to me and I thought "Awww man that sucks!"

but

it came out

"Aww man thats gay!!"

it broke my heart to see the look on her face and she was never the same with me again. I lost a good friend.

odd.

every gay person I've known (even the lesbians and bull dykes), use "that's gay" as an insult all the time.

Maybe they just lied and told you there were lesbian. ;)
Well the gal I knew had a pretty cool girlfriend, we all got along.

I guess she just didn't like the term I dunno. I guess it didn't help that half way through me making the comment I realized what I was sayin...tried to stop it...and she ended up finishing the comment for me. :(

that one still hurts.

 

imported_Imp

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Psh... nicks are nothing. I once "helped" a former co-worker call her replacement lazy and in a paragraph or so: incompetent. I blame MSN messenger, I had that crap minimized and she just walked up beside me, and the message box opens out of nowhere. My hands were off the keyboard so I kind of froze. That made for a very awkward day and few weeks.
 

Squisher

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Maybe because I have been the brunt of teasing all my life for being overweight that when I became the unofficial default leader of a department and because I have a very devilish and dry sense of humor, I was often the one to bestow nicknames on people. Most times I was very upfront with them about it, but there were a few times they were derogatory and only used behind their backs. I can't say I ever slipped, but I did hear others do so. A harsh factory environment can be a breeding ground for gallows humor, but will also build a high level of camaraderie. I always went by the theory that don't dish it out if you can't take it.

There was one press operator that couldn't have stood more than 4' 9" tall and was terrible at his job, I used to call him "half an operator." I heard a guy call him that and he heard it. He wasn't pleased.




 

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: mxrider
Originally posted by: eits
one time, i called my girlfriend another girl's name by accident (not during sex). my friend tracy and i would always argue about stupid shit... well, one day, my gf and i were arguing about stupid shit and i accidentally said, "look, tracy... i mean, michelle... whoops..."

Was the couch comfy?

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