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13 September 2006 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
larryhammer"I'll be out-of-pocket all next week."
Meaning, in context, not in the office. I'm still puzzling over the intended image -- out of the company's pocket and so unavailable? not being reimbursed and so expenses are out of one's own pocket? simple malapropism? V. comfoozing.
---L.
Meaning, in context, not in the office. I'm still puzzling over the intended image -- out of the company's pocket and so unavailable? not being reimbursed and so expenses are out of one's own pocket? simple malapropism? V. comfoozing.
---L.
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Date: 14 September 2006 08:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 September 2006 02:20 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 14 September 2006 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 September 2006 06:24 pm (UTC)It's still a phrase used by a certain generation of managers here at MegaCorp, though less frequently these days since "out-of-pocket" meant unreachable, and in the days of cell phones and Blackberrys it's getting harder and harder to truly get away.
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Date: 14 September 2006 07:46 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 15 September 2006 02:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 September 2006 04:09 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 14 September 2006 10:52 pm (UTC)ME: The company will drown and turn into a coral reef?
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Date: 14 September 2006 10:59 pm (UTC)...
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Date: 14 September 2006 11:14 pm (UTC)Perhaps the pearly eyes explains some corporate strategies...
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Date: 14 September 2006 11:31 pm (UTC)o_O
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Date: 14 September 2006 11:37 pm (UTC)oh, I'm sorry. Sincerely sorry.
(We weren't allowed to use proper layout programs because "It needs to be in Word so the salesforce can make changes on the fly." ARGH.)
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Date: 15 September 2006 12:15 am (UTC)---L.