burnt sox's definitions

boomer space

Putting two spaces after a period. Even though every reference written after 1995 says that it's now one space after a period, your 60-year-old CEO still insists that when he was walking uphill, barefoot, in the snow, with one typewriter under each arm, his secretary put two spaces after a period and, dammit, you will, too, as long as you work here.

My soul dies just a little more every time I put that second space after a period, but the boss says we have to use the Boomer space.

My soul dies just a little more every time I put that second space after a period, but the boss says we have to use the Boomer space.{space}{space}

by burnt sox December 10, 2021

8 Mail

Delay-sent email.

Your boss works late into the night, but instead of sending you emails at 11:30 pm, she delay-sends them so they arrive at 8 am. You arrive at work with a half-dozen of new tasks that appear just as you're settling to the date. You hate this!

Anson arrives at work, sits in his cubicle, logs on. At 7:59 am, his box is empty and he takes a sip of his coffee. Anson turns away for just a second, but when he turns back a minute later, he finds that 8 new emails just appeared in his mailbox. His manic boss wrote the emails overnight and sent to them to arrive at 8. "Aaagh, 8 Mail!! I hate when does that!!

by burnt sox August 27, 2024