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What's your professional deformation? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by stemy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When reflexes acquired in your job are invading your daily life.

-When i was an intern in a retail, i had to fight against the urge to store the shelves during my own shopping sessions.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a pilot. At a drive through, I read back the price as a matter of reflex.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm picturing "Affirmative. Dollar 1299 now proceeding to window, over."

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Twelve ninety-nine, first window." is what usually happens. I'm not the kind of dork that repeats it as "One Two Decimal Niner Niner." The ham bands are full of geezers that'll happily play that game with me if I want.

So, per the Pilot/Controller Glossary, "OVER" means "My transmission ended; I expect a response." Because the communique at the speaker is finished and I don't expect a response, "OUT" would be more appropriate, meaning "Conversation is over, I expect no response." Though on the air you'll often hear "Good day" which isn't in the P/CG but I think is nicer.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I rather like the idea of having a word for "the conversation is over, I expect no response." In daily life lol. Feels boss.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

"Goodbye" used to mean that, though we've started to take it to mean "our relationship is permanently severed, I expect to never communicate with you again in my life." Which, kind of amazing we felt the need to have a word for that.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

"Smell ya later"