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Posted by assassin

on October 2, 2025, 22:46:06, in reply to "I recently said to my team that someone was “out of pocket” and.."

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They all thought I was saying that person was acting crazy/inappropriate instead of unavailable, which is what I intended. When did this change?

Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

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Just had a Gen Z "leadership trainee" struggle with a staple remover. - Tuscy October 2, 2025, 12:04:31

I’ll be contrarian and say I don’t think this is that crazy. - OB25 Yesterday, 11:41:16
- I'm not so much surprised that she hadn't used one before - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 11:43:57
- cosign* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:42:29
Sidejack...things outside your generation / age that coworkers say... - haighter Yesterday, 10:48:40
- All of it, except maybe "mid"* - AintHatin Yesterday, 11:52:16
- "my dude" * - haighter Yesterday, 10:48:51
  - it is wednesday, my dudes.* - VIV Yesterday, 11:42:39
    - interesting factoid: there's a Vine that uses that exact phrase!* - Sammich Yesterday, 11:55:32
Also, doesn't know how to clean out a clinker* - Chilango Yesterday, 8:19:57
- There's a word out of the past. Next thing someone will bring up is a stoker. - osklister Yesterday, 10:45:21
  - even stokers need a little stoke* - VIV Yesterday, 10:45:52
- I do know one thing, the young kids definitely know how to deal with a clanker.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 8:46:45
I recently said to my team that someone was “out of pocket” and.. - General Engineer October 2, 2025, 22:28:06
- neither idiom makes a damn lick of sense* - Sammich Yesterday, 10:36:39
- "Outta Pocket" analogous to "Showing their ass" IMO. I'm 46...if a coworker were unavailable... - haighter Yesterday, 10:28:16
  - pronounced "oh oh oh" or "oooooh"?* - Sammich Yesterday, 10:35:31
    - You forgot to log back in as "complainant". * - haighter Yesterday, 10:40:49
      - you out of pocket for that, fam* - Sammich Yesterday, 10:43:10
        
        Lulz. * - haighter Yesterday, 10:43:33
- To white people, it means unavailable. In the Community, it means inappropriate - bbonb Yesterday, 10:04:38
- I've only ever heard it to mean unavailable work wise* - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 9:54:52
  - Correct, that's a common phrase to mean unavailable at my firm* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 10:01:20
- my kids use that phrase that way all of the time. its a source of much argument in our house.* - LovetheChief Yesterday, 9:49:03
- I've never heard it in the way you used it* - illini21 Yesterday, 8:38:00
- I have only known it to mean acting inappropriately and I am a 42* - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 6:07:20
  - I’m 60 and never heard that meaning* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 6:14:57
    - Nope. I'd suspect GE got a call from HR* - Stu Yesterday, 8:27:21
- Who knows? No one ever uses that expression - Stu Yesterday, 4:59:04
- 6,7 years ago? - assassin October 2, 2025, 22:46:06
I found out that kids don't learn about Mt St Helens in school and thought it was odd - ATL October 2, 2025, 13:51:52
- they learn about vulcanism from Star Trek - IlliniSax05 October 2, 2025, 14:07:35
  - I learned about vulcanism back when I went to Goodyear HS. - osklister Yesterday, 9:08:13
Was just discussing this with a co-worker and learned this isn't the first mind-boggling.... - Tuscy October 2, 2025, 13:48:37
when you show her the key ring hack with that thing - bbonb October 2, 2025, 12:56:28
claw-style or nail-file-style?* - Sammich October 2, 2025, 12:43:13
- Claw. * - Tuscy October 2, 2025, 12:46:57
Is she hot?* - Poldark October 2, 2025, 12:08:53
- Cute. Not hot. * - Tuscy October 2, 2025, 12:17:48
Ask her to write her name in cursive* - Sounder October 2, 2025, 12:05:35
- I bet she's never even spun a rotary dial!* - RVA October 2, 2025, 12:07:15
  - I bet she doesn't know what a rotary dial is - Sounder October 2, 2025, 12:08:59
    - Has she ever whipped a horse? - ATL October 2, 2025, 12:23:44
      - so hot on so many levels* - bbonb October 2, 2025, 12:51:07

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