Kazumara comments on It has been 0 days since I last had this conversation

submitted 3 months ago by raindrop1988@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

Dutch auctions are the ones where the high initial price decreases until someone buys the object.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I thought Dutch auctions were where your date and you split the costs of the bid.

I have so much to learn about microeconomics

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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

I thought Dutch auctions were where you force the covers over your SO's head and let rip.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 months ago

Derp. Yes. I dropped a "reverse".

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