He's obviously never owned one.................
My dad used to always say of unpronounced letters, “It’s silent, like the “p” in swimming.”
maybe she was confused and thinking of the word hamper
Good thing the boss isn’t male or he’d be in HR explaining why he sexually harassed this girl and fighting to keep his job.
What is happening?
Call Alex Jones. They must be putting crazy juice in the drinking water...
Back about 1980, I did a whole long report on the history and geography of New Hamster. I was about 10 at the time.
I grew up in the west. I knew that New England was mostly full of varmints.
This chick is a looser.
(What? That’s the way it’s spelled at Free Republic!)
A hampster is a hamper made out of hamsters
or alternatively a hamper full of hamsters.
The boss should have tossed the work product in the Dumpster. That’s “Dumpster”, with a ‘p’ (not “Dumster”!).
Any bets on whether the reason this woman was never corrected prior to this point, was because people didn’t want to risk being called racist?
Under the “Now I can talk about it” catagory:
I used to have a job paying health insurance claims for an insurance company. The company was Equitable. In the 1980’s.
It drove me nuts when someone would call up and ask about
“Preven-ta-tive” Care. There is no such term as Preventative.
You don’t put any ‘ta’ between Preven and tive!!
I just had to accept this as a popular MISpronunciation.
There was nothing I could do about it without sounding rude ,distracted or crazy over the phone. So I bit my tongue...over & over again!
" There ain't no freak in french fries." (at 55 seconds)
If her boss told her it was spelled c-a-t, she should have said “OK, Boss.” and made the corrections.
The social justice bridge project has already gone bad.
Why do I believe that if Carol Blymire had not been Caucasian, she would have “won” her argument?
Two things.
This chick was under the influence of The Hampster Dance.
or
She grew up in New Hampshire. I saw a Google link that made sense. People in NH are prone to spell it “Hampster”.
In any event - Millennial chick is dumb.
This story explains how AOC had a dual-major degree from a university that probably cost $200,000+ for an undergraduate degree, and she was working as a bartender five years after graduation.
Whaddya know, Wikipedia has accommodated her misspelling!
Their Redirect page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampster&redirect=no
And full accommodation here:
https://www.askdifference.com/hampster-vs-hamster/
When I read stories like this, I wish I could un-retire.
On my last job where I was construction manager of YUGE project in Canada, eh?, with a construction camp, a group of young men and three women requested a meeting with me to discuss the camp facilities. Essentially, large dorm trailers, single rooms, some en-suite bathrooms, some communal, small gym, plus volley ball nets.
Pretty Spartan actually.
The little darlings pranced into my office and began a whineathon about lack of sufficient recreation facilities, and not enough vegan choices on the menu, etc, etc. We had about 2,000 workers in camp at the time.
I politely listened to their complaints and then told them that not everyone is cut out for camp-supported projects, and if they were unhappy they should pack up their shit and get the hell out, (actual words). I offered to send a couple of guys to their rooms to help them pack.
They left my office with their little lips protruding and trembling, and they stayed on the job and never said another word.
Gee I miss those projects!!