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DanMarotta12-Amethyst
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December 15, 2010
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Things not to say to an engineer

  • December 15, 2010
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If you work in an office, you are no doubt subject to office cliches. The movie Office Space immediately comes to mind.

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As an engineer, are there things that are said that especially irks you?

"Can you make this tiny tweak?"

"What would it look like if we added this?"

"Can we take this offline?"

"Someone has a case of the Monday's."

These are just a few of my guesses. I'm not a design engineer, so I would love to hear your perspective.


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    larry.smith1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    December 15, 2010

    Why not? All you have to do is...

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      DanMarotta12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      December 15, 2010

      Larry Smith wrote:

      Why not? All you have to do is...

      Good one Larry!

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      MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      December 15, 2010

      Need something knocking up quickly!!!!

      Mike

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        larry.smith1-Visitor
        1-Visitor
        December 15, 2010

        You have to design it this way. We already sold it to a customer.

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          MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          December 15, 2010

          Had that before

          Mike

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          PeterJFrancis1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          December 15, 2010

          "Can you JUST ......... " (usually spoken by a senior manager or Director with no engineering experience)

          The use of the keyword JUST means all timescales halve , costs become insignificant and manpower unlimited

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            MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            December 15, 2010

            "Can you JUST ......... " (usually spoken by a senior manager or Director with no engineering experience)

            This deserves the star.

            CAN YOU JUST.... Should be banned from construction sites and design offices.

            Mike

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              DavidButz1-Visitor
              1-Visitor
              December 16, 2010

              "This shouldn't take more than a couple of hours." [substitute days, weeks, months, depending on the situation.]

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                DavidButz1-Visitor
                1-Visitor
                December 16, 2010

                "With your [new] CADCAM, it should be automatic, right?"

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                  BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
                  12-Amethyst
                  December 21, 2010

                  Yes David,

                  That is why there is a Nike Swoosh key on your keyboard = "Just do it!"

                  Regards, Brent

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                    chris51-Visitor
                    1-Visitor
                    December 16, 2010

                    Hi

                    We need those drawings asap (as soon as possible; witch means usually NOW)

                    Good item of these discussions Dan.

                    Seasons greetings

                    Chris

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                      MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
                      1-Visitor
                      December 16, 2010

                      'Have you got a minute' - (Usually means your going ti be asked to do something.

                      'Hey Mike, are you busy' - (Even if you say yes a load of work is coming your way)

                      Mike

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                        Ankana1-Visitor
                        1-Visitor
                        December 16, 2010

                        Hey, it's not sporting if it's not a moving target...

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                          Oldman1-Visitor
                          1-Visitor
                          December 20, 2010

                          My classic is "DID I FORGET TO MENTION ?????"........

                          Usually that means the design has to be completely re-done due to a multitude of requirements that were not communicated.

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                            BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
                            12-Amethyst
                            December 21, 2010

                            Hi Dan,

                            You know that Scott Adams says that he never has difficulty coming up with a topic for Dilbert as people e-mail him real world Dilbert situations every day. So along those lines how about this one from a project leader some years back.

                            "I know this is not technically possible but..."

                            We put it in our Quote Book.

                            Regards, Brent

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