• airdrik (unregistered) in reply to Anon

    #define merit nepotism

    Anon:
    Gasp, you're not implying that we don't live in a meritocracy are you?!
    \ Of course not.
  • trtrwtf (unregistered) in reply to Frankie
    Frankie:
    usitas:
    Whoosh! Did you ever consider the fact, that... ...maybe the fake detail was... ... the fountain?
    WHOOSH! Comprehension fail on your part.

    A more intelligent reading of my post would show that I consider the fountain an extraneous flourish. The crucial detail is the family empire with a corrupt scion. If that can't be found, then the whole story is a fictional mashup.

    A more intelligent reading of your post would show that you're trying to play gumshoe with a tdwtf story, making you... well, it wouldn't be nice to say what that would make you.

    But a more intelligent reader of the article might have figured that there are a lot of 200-person companies in this country, and it's reasonably plausible that this story is basically true, modulo some anonymizing and some exaggeration for comedic effect, and therefore refrained from the j'accuse flourish that makes you look like... well, let's just say you're making "Nagesh" look good today, and that's not easy.

  • anon (unregistered) in reply to Salami
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.
    So we should leave it to the spoilt, fully-retarded government to squander?
  • Power Troll (unregistered) in reply to anon
    anon:
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.
    So we should leave it to the spoilt, fully-retarded government to squander?
    There was no indication that this story occurred in England.
  • by (unregistered) in reply to Power Troll
    Power Troll:
    anon:
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.
    So we should leave it to the spoilt, fully-retarded government to squander?
    There was no indication that this story occurred in England.

    You truly earned your name, good sir...

    Let's see who bites.

  • Machtyn (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    One day I watch TV Serial called "IT CROWD". CEO of Renahm Industry borrow 20 quid note from IT Staff. He never return it.

    Sidenote: I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    The IT Crowd is a pretty fun show. Unfortunately, Netflix doesn't stream the 2nd season. Does it only have four seasons?

    In any case, don't lend money unless you have a signed contract that the person will pay you back.

    For the list of US slang words for money, one term was missed: X-spot. Such as a 5-spot, 10-spot, or a 20-spot. (And, no, I'm not going to spot you any cash... I don't have any myself!)

  • (cs) in reply to Machtyn
    Machtyn:
    Nagesh:
    One day I watch TV Serial called "IT CROWD". CEO of Renahm Industry borrow 20 quid note from IT Staff. He never return it.

    Sidenote: I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    The IT Crowd is a pretty fun show. Unfortunately, Netflix doesn't stream the 2nd season. Does it only have four seasons?

    In any case, don't lend money unless you have a signed contract that the person will pay you back.

    For the list of US slang words for money, one term was missed: X-spot. Such as a 5-spot, 10-spot, or a 20-spot. (And, no, I'm not going to spot you any cash... I don't have any myself!)

    The best actor is that guy called Mazz.

  • Duh (unregistered) in reply to Lumberjack
    Lumberjack:
    Here in Canada we call a buck a loonie, I wonder if anyone can guess why?
    Because there's a loon on one side and a picture of a common Canadian bird on the other.
  • airdrik (unregistered) in reply to Lumberjack
    Lumberjack:

    Here in Canada we call a buck a loonie, I wonder if anyone can guess why?

    Here in the US, we call a Canadian a loonie, I wonder if anyone can guess why?

  • American (unregistered) in reply to airdrik

    Well to a monkey anything with half a brain seems loonie.

  • (cs) in reply to American
    American:
    Well to a monkey anything with half a brain seems loonie.

    Indeed. People with half-brains and Canadians act quite abnormally.

    Incidentally, it is quite common to value any part of a Canadian at half that of a normal person.

    Regarding the issue of human-monkey interaction: please, Canadians, stay away from your zoos. Leave as much space as possible for the fat, dumb American tourists. These are much less likely to confuse and upset the monkeys.

  • Ertm (unregistered)

    hey youre right americans are pretty fat :O

  • Sudo (unregistered) in reply to Someone who can't be bothered to login from work
    Someone who can't be bothered to login from work:
    Nagesh:
    Thanks. It is surprise, since we use the term "Buck" in India. I have never heard the term "quid", except for that series. James Bond never use "quid" either.

    Australians used to use the term "quid" to refer to the Australian Pound as well.

    James Bond is unlikely to use the slang "quid", precisely because it's slang.

    I'd like to see a slang version of a Bond film.

    "Bollocks to that, Q."

  • (cs)

    Isn't this business as usual? Idiot who has a family name inherits company, lives lavishly while letting everything else go to shit?

    The only difference here is that he was caught in the end instead of laughing all the way to the bank with every employee of the company praising him and doing whatever they're asked because he's the CEO.

  • Bert Glanstrom (unregistered)

    I didn't see anything wrong with how the CEO acted. He should have fired the guy at the first sign of insubordination.

  • Luiz Felipe (unregistered)

    Vodca fountain? Did you mean http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1751735, but more bigger? Its very cool, i must have one of it, even if i am not milionaire.

  • Bub (unregistered)

    Disgruntled attention-deficit employee killing spree FTW!!!

    (ie. stops after killing the CEO due to untied shoelace and that he didn't pick up his mail or drop off shoes to be heeled...and why is my car making that funny noise when the AC is set to medium but not low or high? that really bugs me. it sounds like leaves in the fan but that can't be it because it's a filtered system. the filtration on my washing machine is a joke - damned thing just gets clogged with sand from my lousy pump...must wash my car, maybe that will help the fan noise...somebody killed the CEO, weird, I'd like to do that...if only I had a gun...holy shit there's one in my hand...awesome...time to go home and masturbate)

  • (cs) in reply to Someone who can't be bothered to login from work

    Australia uses the Australian Dollar and not the Pound, although people there do sometimes use the term quid to refer to dollars, it's not common to my knowledge

  • Capt. Obvious (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    FuBar:
    Nagesh:
    frits:
    Do you mean Nagesh Kukunoor, the famous Bollywood director? For shame...
    He's my namesake.
    You mean, he is named after you? How old are you? Your posts make you seem so young!

    I am 23 complete, 24 running. Why do you ask?

    He asked because you described the Bollywood director as your "namesake". The more common usage of that word implies the director's parents knew you and choose to name their child with your name. You probably meant that you were named after him.

  • Good mofo (unregistered) in reply to Montoya
    Montoya:
    Smart guy...
    What?! Bad mofo easily to be hated by his subordinates more likely.
  • csrster (unregistered) in reply to cdosrun
    cdosrun:
    Montoya:
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.

    This story is why there shouldn't be an estate tax. People build great wealth only to leave it to their spoilt, half-retarded government to squander.

    Broad brushes paint both ways.

    This story is why there should be an income tax. People build great companies only to squander them on drugs and hookers.

    I'm with George Best on this one "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. "

  • rollt (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    A buck is a male deer - using them as legal tender would be rather impractical.

    A "quid" is, like you guessed, an alternative name for the British Pound Sterling, just like the word "buck" is apparently used by the idiocracy in lieu of "dollar".

  • Fubar (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    One day I watch TV Serial called "IT CROWD". CEO of Renahm Industry borrow 20 quid note from IT Staff. He never return it.

    Sidenote: I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.

    Face it, you are the lamest troll ever and I suspect you're actually British which just makes it worse, especially all the obvious fakery like "what is this quid business?". Bad troll, please go bother a community that is better aligned with your limited intelligence.

  • ted (unregistered)

    I drew the CEO in the first round of a company pool tournament once. The tournament was held in the local pub. The CEO had the cheek to ask me if I had any change for the pool table. "What's wrong, Dave? Does the table not accept Amex Black cards?" I quipped. For anyone interested, I whupped his sorry ass into nowhere in the tournament.

  • ted (unregistered) in reply to Salami
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.

    So what? It's their company.

  • Lumberjack U.K. (unregistered) in reply to Capt. Obvious
    Capt. Obvious:
    Nagesh:
    FuBar:
    Nagesh:
    frits:
    Do you mean Nagesh Kukunoor, the famous Bollywood director? For shame...
    He's my namesake.
    You mean, he is named after you? How old are you? Your posts make you seem so young!

    I am 23 complete, 24 running. Why do you ask?

    He asked because you described the Bollywood director as your "namesake". The more common usage of that word implies the director's parents knew you and choose to name their child with your name. You probably meant that you were named after him.

    Discrepancies (US usage)

    There has been some discrepancy as to whether the name source or the name target takes the term namesake.

    The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary are not so restrictive. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a namesake is a person or thing having the same name as another.

    Haha - Nagesh has better understanding of our language than your average American.

  • (cs) in reply to Ertm
    Ertm:
    hey youre right americans are pretty fat :O
    It's the unfortunate consequence of total world domination.
  • golddog (unregistered) in reply to Salami
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.

    The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons...

  • golddog (unregistered) in reply to csrster
    csrster:
    cdosrun:
    Montoya:
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.

    This story is why there shouldn't be an estate tax. People build great wealth only to leave it to their spoilt, half-retarded government to squander.

    Broad brushes paint both ways.

    This story is why there should be an income tax. People build great companies only to squander them on drugs and hookers.

    I'm with George Best on this one "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. "

    Wow, I misread this as "...with George Bush..." at first, and was going to respond that he'd never use the term "birds".

    Although, if we made the substitution to "girls", the quote may still work for him (from his younger days).

  • (cs) in reply to trwtf
    trwtf:
    Jay:
    Frankie:
    Right, the fountain from Tyco, but Kozlowski is not "Four".

    The key detail is the dynasty of bosses (2+ generations), the last of whom used the company as a feeding trough. Kozlowski worked his way up Tyco, and Adelphia was embezzled by its founder. Neither one fits.

    Looking more like TRWTF is that there is no "real" WTF here; it's a fake story.

    I'm not saying the story is true. I have no independent confirmation. But as a rebuttal, this is weak.

    Who says the company must be either Tyco or Adelphia? RE the "key detail": Are you honestly telling me that you don't believe there has ever been a company in the history of the world where an honest, hard-working person built a company, and then his children or grandchildren squandered it? I don't have any statistics, but I'd guess that that happens a lot.

    Didn't anybody tell you guys the stories are anonymised? They don't just change the names, they change a whole slew of details with the specific aim of making it impossible to figure out who the original story was about. If you think you know who it is you're almost certainly wrong, either that or the editor totally failed in his job of anonymising the story.
    It's the submitter's job to anonymize. The flourish is added for the same reason a chef marinates meat.

  • (cs) in reply to frits
    frits:
    Ertm:
    hey youre right americans are pretty fat :O
    It's the unfortunate consequence of total world domination.
    Nice!
  • (cs)
    boog:
    Where's my damn article?
    It's in your Visual Studio window.

    J/K!

  • (cs) in reply to Fubar
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to golddog
    golddog:
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.

    The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons...

    While in a truly just society, widows and children would be thrown into the street to starve to death?

  • trwtf (unregistered) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    trwtf:
    Jay:
    Frankie:
    Right, the fountain from Tyco, but Kozlowski is not "Four".

    The key detail is the dynasty of bosses (2+ generations), the last of whom used the company as a feeding trough. Kozlowski worked his way up Tyco, and Adelphia was embezzled by its founder. Neither one fits.

    Looking more like TRWTF is that there is no "real" WTF here; it's a fake story.

    I'm not saying the story is true. I have no independent confirmation. But as a rebuttal, this is weak.

    Who says the company must be either Tyco or Adelphia? RE the "key detail": Are you honestly telling me that you don't believe there has ever been a company in the history of the world where an honest, hard-working person built a company, and then his children or grandchildren squandered it? I don't have any statistics, but I'd guess that that happens a lot.

    Didn't anybody tell you guys the stories are anonymised? They don't just change the names, they change a whole slew of details with the specific aim of making it impossible to figure out who the original story was about. If you think you know who it is you're almost certainly wrong, either that or the editor totally failed in his job of anonymising the story.
    It's the submitter's job to anonymize. The flourish is added for the same reason a chef marinates meat.
    Bullshit, it's the editor's job to anonymise and Alex has made that perfectly clear in the past. Obviously you haven't been here long enough to remember this article in which Alex states:

    Alex Papadimoulis:
    These days, submissions are sanitized with far more than just a few Office Space references: new language, different line of business, different system name, and so on.
    This was back in 2006. Anonymisation is a standard part of TDWTF experience, get used to it.
  • (cs) in reply to trwtf
    trwtf:
    hoodaticus:
    trwtf:
    Jay:
    Frankie:
    Right, the fountain from Tyco, but Kozlowski is not "Four".

    The key detail is the dynasty of bosses (2+ generations), the last of whom used the company as a feeding trough. Kozlowski worked his way up Tyco, and Adelphia was embezzled by its founder. Neither one fits.

    Looking more like TRWTF is that there is no "real" WTF here; it's a fake story.

    I'm not saying the story is true. I have no independent confirmation. But as a rebuttal, this is weak.

    Who says the company must be either Tyco or Adelphia? RE the "key detail": Are you honestly telling me that you don't believe there has ever been a company in the history of the world where an honest, hard-working person built a company, and then his children or grandchildren squandered it? I don't have any statistics, but I'd guess that that happens a lot.

    Didn't anybody tell you guys the stories are anonymised? They don't just change the names, they change a whole slew of details with the specific aim of making it impossible to figure out who the original story was about. If you think you know who it is you're almost certainly wrong, either that or the editor totally failed in his job of anonymising the story.
    It's the submitter's job to anonymize. The flourish is added for the same reason a chef marinates meat.
    Bullshit, it's the editor's job to anonymise and Alex has made that perfectly clear in the past. Obviously you haven't been here long enough to remember this article in which Alex states:

    Alex Papadimoulis:
    These days, submissions are sanitized with far more than just a few Office Space references: new language, different line of business, different system name, and so on.
    This was back in 2006. Anonymisation is a standard part of TDWTF experience, get used to it.
    Forgive me; my statement was based on common sense, and I see that that does not play here.

    It is your duty to anonymize if you are concerned about not having certain facts published. If they slip up and publish something you did not want them to, it is your fault, not theirs. Your head, not theirs, will be the one rolling.

  • Matt (unregistered) in reply to GM
    GM:
    Its spelt "Ford".

    Good grief. It's spelled "spelled." Spelt is a grain.

    CAPTCHA: Veniam. Beginning of a Dracula monologue? "Veniam valking, I think ov you..."

  • (cs) in reply to Sir Twist
    Sir Twist:
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
    I think they're missing much more than knowledge of bittorrent. Who do they think ruled India in the centuries before Ghandi?
  • Dyspeptic Curmudgeon (unregistered) in reply to Jon

    SELECT TWENTY_DOLLARS,UNPAID FROM DEADBEAT_CEO;

  • (cs) in reply to Fubar
    Fubar:
    Nagesh:
    One day I watch TV Serial called "IT CROWD". CEO of Renahm Industry borrow 20 quid note from IT Staff. He never return it.

    Sidenote: I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.

    Face it, you are the lamest troll ever and I suspect you're actually British which just makes it worse, especially all the obvious fakery like "what is this quid business?". Bad troll, please go bother a community that is better aligned with your limited intelligence.

    Are you dumb or what? All American and British shows available if you want to watch in India. India no longer just snakes and elephants, in case you have not followed up after British left the country.

    As someone mention earlier, we have the best quality torrents and also Sir Rupert's latest technology beaming down loads of stuff to watch.

  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    Sir Twist:
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
    I think they're missing much more than knowledge of bittorrent. Who do they think ruled India in the centuries before Ghandi?

    Good point troll. But Ghandi is epelled as Gandhi in my country. Often called "Gandhiji". The "ji" is a mark of respect.

  • Riki Tiki Tavi (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    India no longer just snakes and elephants, in case you have not followed up after British left the country.

    There are also mongooses (mongi?) in India, right?

  • (cs) in reply to Riki Tiki Tavi
    Riki Tiki Tavi:
    Nagesh:
    India no longer just snakes and elephants, in case you have not followed up after British left the country.

    There are also mongooses (mongi?) in India, right?

    If you open up the Revised English Dictionary For English Speakers, Writers and Educators in the Indian Sub-Continent, you'll notice that the plural of mongoose is mongeese.

  • Design Pattern (unregistered) in reply to frits
    frits:
    Ertm:
    hey youre right americans are pretty fat :O
    It's the unfortunate consequence of total world domination.
    New Zealand and Mexico.

    Did you know that these are not only global powers but actually USA's biggest rivals in achieving total world domination?

  • (cs) in reply to Design Pattern
    Design Pattern:
    frits:
    Ertm:
    hey youre right americans are pretty fat :O
    It's the unfortunate consequence of total world domination.
    New Zealand and Mexico.

    Did you know that these are not only global powers but actually USA's biggest rivals in achieving total world domination?

    I don't know about those two countries, but here in America we call that flawed logic.

  • (cs) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    hoodaticus:
    Sir Twist:
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
    I think they're missing much more than knowledge of bittorrent. Who do they think ruled India in the centuries before Ghandi?

    Good point troll. But Ghandi is epelled as Gandhi in my country. Often called "Gandhiji". The "ji" is a mark of respect.

    In your country, what is the definition of "epelled"?

  • (cs) in reply to Salami
    Salami:
    This story is why there should be an estate tax. People build great companies only to leave them to their spoilt, half-retarded children to squander.
    Instead, let's have the government confiscate all the company's capital and squander it instead.
  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    Nagesh:
    hoodaticus:
    Sir Twist:
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
    I think they're missing much more than knowledge of bittorrent. Who do they think ruled India in the centuries before Ghandi?

    Good point troll. But Ghandi is epelled as Gandhi in my country. Often called "Gandhiji". The "ji" is a mark of respect.

    In your country, what is the definition of "epelled"?

    He's probably from Latin America and meant "espelled".

  • (cs) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    Nagesh:
    hoodaticus:
    Sir Twist:
    Fubar:
    Let me just get this straight: you're supposed to be from Hyderabad but you're a fan of the popular British "TV serial" The IT Crowd. That's a British show with a particularly British sense of humour but I guess we're meant to assume it's just a standard part of the Wednesday night line-up on Hyderabad-TV, right? Riiiiiiiight. Dubbed in Hindi, yeah? Whatever.
    Are you the last person on the Internet to hear of bittorrent?
    I think they're missing much more than knowledge of bittorrent. Who do they think ruled India in the centuries before Ghandi?

    Good point troll. But Ghandi is epelled as Gandhi in my country. Often called "Gandhiji". The "ji" is a mark of respect.

    In your country, what is the definition of "epelled"?

    It is listed under "common typos" committed by Indian natives posting in an Internet forum.

  • Dave (unregistered) in reply to Nagesh
    Nagesh:
    One day I watch TV Serial called "IT CROWD". CEO of Renahm Industry borrow 20 quid note from IT Staff. He never return it.

    Sidenote: I thought currency of UK is pound. What's this quid business? Why don't you call it a buck like rest of the world?

    By 'the rest of the world' you mean america. Stereotype much?

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