Rant of the Moment: Department of Redundancy Department
Posted by katsuko on May 17th, 2010 filed in Ranty Rant Rant, Reality BytesI know that my last few posts here have been film reviews – and wow, has it really been close to a year since my last new post? – but there are times in my randomocity that other thoughts cross my mind and I feel the need to get them the hell out of my head. Today, oddly enough, seems to be redundancies and just how much they piss me off with the overuse of them.
First off is my “favourite” one, ATM machine. Let me take a second to break that down for you if you somehow don’t know what the acronym stands for: automated teller machine. So, basically, whenever some dipshit says “ATM machine” what’s really being said is “automated teller machine machine.” And while fans of the Insecticons from Transformers might get a kick out of that, all it does is make me want to punch someone in the face.
Next is pin number. Which looks very innocent at first, unless you realize that the acronym in this case is personal identification number. Once again I have damned Insecticons chattering in my head, and am becoming tempted to tell the person using it to GTFO right on out of here.
…yes, I know what I just did there. Shut up, it was meant as illustration. Philistine.
Finally on my list for the day is chai tea latte. Again, it looks innocent. I mean, just look at it. It’s chai, and it’s tea, and it’s a latte. Nothing whatsoever wrong with that! Except… chai is a variety of tea, so saying chai tea latte is akin to saying tea tea latte, and that just makes you sound like a douchebag.
At any rate, it’s just random little bullshit that by all rights shouldn’t annoy me. But some days they do, and then I either need to bitch a bit or explode… and I doubt that my boss would like to clean up the mess I’d make all over the office.
May 17th, 2010 at 11:58 PM
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