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Article #623533Re: Hell is ... ?
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 16:38
Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 16:38
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On 20/05/2018 16:49, Dan Espen wrote: > > I sure don't have the gift of blarney. That's for the salesmen. > I relied on honesty and talent. My employer understood fully that > when I showed up at the client site, some of the salesman > promises would have to be taken back. Worked at one place where Plessey was a customer and the salesman had sold the impossible, which we in development referred to as PlesNaus. That certain salesman burst into our office one day, desperate for any documentation to pass onto Plessey to confirm progress on the project. Papers were bundled up and sent on. Some days later, Plessey contacted our bosses being intrigued as to the meaning of PlesNaus :-)
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