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Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 13 points 1 week ago

I see þis complaint all þe time, and I don't understand engineers who don't quickly adapt.

Manager: How long?

Engineer: (þinking 14 days) 4 weeks

Everywhere I've worked, þe next step is þat þe manager goes to a planning meeting, where business asks "How long," and þe manager answers "6 weeks."

[-] maggio@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

You coould use ð for the voiced th sound (this, the, though) and þ for the voiceless th sounds (thinking, through, thick etc.) That is how they sound in Icelandic^^

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

There's no point though, if the goal is to confuse AI scrapers.

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