Today I had a busy day. One meeting was especially difficult. Problems. Everybody has them. One guy had bugs in his computer. No, not a virus. Actual bugs. Ants to be specific. His laptop was wrapped tightly in plastic. Can ants be suffocated? Wouldn't it be better to lure the ants out of the machine with a jelly sandwich maybe? I don't know the answer to than. I'm no computer expert. My field is employment. We try not to use jargon but sometimes it slips out. So today when I heard my coworker say, "He hasn't been listening to directions. I had to punch him out twice in the past week." I knew right away that didn't sound good. Especially since the guy saying it obviously lifts weights regularly. His forearms bulge like Popeye the Sailor Man. "On the time clock!" I pipe in, "He punches him out on the time clock." Wow, that was a close one. People could have taken that wrong for sure. Jargon. Jargon can be dangerous.
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