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To the LOST SUITS or SLAVES - No REWARD if FOUND

Posted: Sep 17, 2010

Regarding the English slang for Management being termed as a "SUIT." On a forum/bbs/chat board it is not uncommon to find shortened variations of words in slang terminology being used. There seems to be 2 classifications of work force/individuals on this forum and one would NOT need a certification in education to realize them to be Production and Management classifications.

The general consensus of "Production Workers" seems to have been appropriately christened "Slaves" with "Management Workers" being dubbed the "Suits." Such lighthearted and stress-relieving terms are nothing but a harmless outlet for those that appropriately associate themselves with them.

It would seem that those finding fault, offense, and discounting anything "credible" simply because these terms are used and or referenced... is at best, "infantile, and childish" to say the least. It would seem such an individual(s) would greatly benefit in either having their medications adjusted and or frequenting another forum, for such an obsession is tiresome and redundant in repeated efforts to draw attention to such a subject.

So, for this LOST person, whether you are a "SUIT or a SLAVE," let us hope for your own sake you aren't FOUND... since there must be more productive things you could be doing than staying focused on such ridiculousness in your below post.

You lost me with the infantile "suits" reference - Credibility crash for the thread

Posted: Sep 16th, 2010 - 12:02 pm In Reply to: Yes. This company makes the stupidest decisions. - K

Every time I'm interested in hearing what someone says in a thread, someone goes childish with a "suit" comment and all credibility goes out the window. The conversation was interesting before that happened, but now I don't believe the information to be factual. That's because of the low-credibility track record of the people making "suit" comments.

Oh, my, don't we have a superiority attitude. I think I will post that under every post - just me

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just so you can go hide in your glass house.

SUPERIORITY attitude - is that like INFERIORITY attitude? - Just Me Too

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Hope you have a PRODUCTIVITY day!

one begets the other and vice-versa. - me three

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she's a great snot, though. bravo. pure example of what is running this industry....into the ground.

On this forum the term suit is not "lighthearted" or "harmless"... - gourmand

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...it is most definitely a derogatory reference.

Gourmand? Expand, please. :) nm - Loves to Cook/aka Expander

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Looks like someone has opened the door and put - Wow, I am impressed

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management and maybe a few choice and favorite employees on all these boards to try to look favorable. Well, call a spade a spade. You are all still suits and not very nice ones at that.

Sounds immature to me but you're free to use those terms if they work for you - Moving on to more intelligent conversation

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I am taking a short break, but I will have to say that messages with all the name calling aren't worth reading.

Then why do you read them? - KiwiCat

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Explain how it is immature to use the term "suit" or "slaves?"

hoo boy, help! Respond to above. nm - nn

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Looks like you're overreacting. - see message

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Merriam-Webster among others define a suit as someone in management. If someone reads more into it than that, that's their issue. Making a federal case over a word like this seems more than a little unbalanced.

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