Jargon Alert

[annemehr]

> Geoff:
> I'm currently on the Isles of Scilly on holiday and 
> using the communal Internet room.
> 
> Yesterday, I passed the site of the new island school
> and found the following treasure:
> 
> "Please note that the footpath past the site of the 
> new Five Islands Senior School has been diverted to
> reduce the risk of serious interface between 
> construction traffic and pedestrians."
> 
> Put in simpler terms - 2please avoid the builder's lorries!"
>

Annemehr:

Wow, Geoff, I can't believe they bothered to put all that onto a sign!  (Somehow, it's easier to believe they'd type it out in a memo or something.)

There's one that gets to me, though it's in a bit of a different vein: I work at a Joann Fabric & Craft store, and we're instructed to call the customers "guests."  Senior management, darlings, if they were really guests you'd be *giving* the stuff away.

The customers laugh when they hear it, too - they're not fooled in the least.