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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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[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I reverse Dutch auction it. Every time the estimate is asked for/confirmed/reconfirmed/queried it goes up.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Dutch auctions are the ones where the high initial price decreases until someone buys the object.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I thought Dutch auctions were where your date and you split the costs of the bid.

I have so much to learn about microeconomics

[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

I thought Dutch auctions were where you force the covers over your SO's head and let rip.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Derp. Yes. I dropped a "reverse".

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