I thought you were saying I made oatmeal a proper noun when there wasn't a need My experience is that Snickers would sound like Sneekers
hell...ask DM about people pronouncing "McDonalds" in Japan
...and about training managers. I have done it several times. I basically work in a very precise and highly regulated manufacturing environment. It is incredibly annoying when they hire 25/26 year olds with a MBA in Business Management to run these technical departments. They get customer facing roles and promise to deliver the world. Then get upset when you tell them why it cannot be done from a regulatory standpoint.
Interestingly enough, they almost [and by that I mean] never want to be the one to go to the next meeting and eat their words -- so they invite you to the meeting to explain. My favorite part is they either 1. try to throw you under the bus...or 2. say they will take it offline to see what can be done.
...Generally, I like to put them in the whole deer in the headlights situation so they NEVER invite me back. While that has definitely hurt my career in the long run -- I've still made stacks.
I work in Validation. At my current company, the other departments like to put the word "Validation" in front of something...and somehow it becomes my problem to solve. I tell them there is no such thing and hell no. I had a manager that would say he would help and we'd figure it out. I would finish the meeting by assigning the action item DIRECTLY to him. He learned to keep his fucking mouth shut.
It's why I'm excited about a manager that "should" know there is no such thing as "Validated Electrical drawings".We'll see
