Working healthcare, I tell all other healthcare / first responders “I hope you have a boring shift” (every once in a while a younger person objects, but they are almost immediately hushed / corrected by their senior coworker).
But it occurs to me that many office / sedentary workers might not find this to be a blessing. What would I say to a desk worker that might be equivalent?
One that my DM and I came up with was a common farewell in Orc and Hobgoblin culture. “Fight well!” “Die better!”
What area of the world do you live in? In my neck of the woods wishing a “boring shift” or a “quiet shift” is considered a curse and will bring about all the crazy cases.
We typically wish each other a “safe shift” instead of a “quiet shift” here.
I mean the classic is actors saying “break a leg” - which actors actually take very seriously.
Working in maintenance, automation to be specific, and I always leave the site with “I hope I never see you again!” to the client.
I tell this to my Psych patients too (depending on rapport obvs).
Not officially, but I’ve definitely said to coworkers “I hope your meetings are cancelled”
good luck fuckface!
I worked in an ironworks and that’s how most shifts greeted each other.
“Don’t let your knuckles be whiter than the clouds below you.”
I climb communication towers, and let the new guys know not to over grip the tower. Trust in your harness.
What’s the downside of over gripping?
Muscle fatigue in the forearms and hands. And it also means, don’t be scared. Trust your training and gear.
not at all qualified to answer but id imagine it tires your hands out worse which is a problem with the hundreds of rungs they need to climb
One that I read that I found interesting is in the busking community is “fat hats!”. Since they sometimes use a hat to collect donations, it’s an expression that you hope they collect a lot of money.
Back in the Klingon Navy we just said “die with honor”.
get slammed, make money
Only fans model?
Pro wrestler
waitress
What’s your favorite thing from the menu?
to eat or to sell?
I was thinking about eating but I’m intrigued to know why anything would be more fun to sell haha.
To eat: Pistachio ravioli — Not only is it the best savory dish on the menu, it’s vegetarian and cheese-free. I also like to sell this, as it generates positive reviews and repeat business, since we’re the only place in town that sells anything like it.
To sell: Avocado toast with house-cured salmon gravlax — I like to eat this, too, albeit vegan for myself; but the quick pickup time, bright color contrast, and great flavor make it one that people remember positively, and seeing it on a nearby table often makes other patrons ask “what is that and can I have it?” It’s also a good utility item because the kitchen can make it all day, so it’s a breakfast-y option for those who missed the breakfast menu cutoff. And of course, with the optional salmon add-on it’s the most high-dollar item at breakfast, driving sales and percentage-based tipping.
One thing that was common in my EMS organization.
Don’t say the ‘Q’ word!
Q=quiet. If you say 'it’s a quiet night, you’re sure to get slammed.
I once told my EMT student that if he said “quiet” one more time I was throwing him off my truck and sending him home. He laughed. I was not joking. I’d been slammed all week and it was a pretty chill day and I needed the break.
Instead of telling co-workers goodbye in EMS, it’s common to say “be safe”
May you have no teacher dreams. Teacher dreams, common among teachers, generally have you going to class unprepared or having a class out of control.
Sounds a bit like server nightmares. You’re fully aware you have gone home for the day and even in the midst of a good night’s rest. But wait! Table eleven had asked for a side of Ranch and they are still there waiting for it all these hours later!
Ha! Up until “table eleven”, I was sure it was going to be an IT thing.
I’ve done both.
It’s the same as realizing you swapped cables in ports 14 and 15 and they’re gonna pull one tonight thinking it’s the other.
Being chased by little children nthwt will tear your soul apart hellraiser style
Can’t think of one right now, but what it should be is “I hope all your tool batteries don’t run empty at the same time”
Then you get a little break
May your code run on the second try. Because if it works the first time, that’s suspicious. And if it fails the second time, that’s frustrating.
Unless you didn’t change anything. Then it’s unsettling.
It’s that damn compiler again.
If it fails the second time, that’s reproducibility.
If it fails randomly then starts working again the next day without any changes, that’s when you get yourself a headache. And it took someone’s wife, a year later, to figure out the failures only happen on Tuesdays.
One of my favorites is still “we can’t send email more than 500 miles.”
That was a FASCINATING read, thank you.
Not a job (although it takes up more than 20 hours of my week), but we commonly say “Have a good treatment!” as a greeting/goodbye at dialysis (to other patients, of course).
