The frustration of using aviation lingo at work

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The original "I don't know it all" of aviation.
Someone must be doing a seance to recall the ghosts of Abbot and Costello.

Customer calls, I answer phone: "Thanks for calling, this is Mike, how can I help you?" and he proceeds to request his part.

We have the item, but he needs to get approval from boss to purchase. So I provide a "reservation number" that our system issues and ask him to write it down.

Customer: "Okay, I wrote down the number. And you said your name was Mike?"

Me: "Affirmative."

Customer: "Wait, is it Mike or Affirmative?"

Me: "I meant Affirmative, it's Mike."

Customer: "No, I want to know your real name. Is it Affirmative or Mike?"

headdesk

Me: "Just write down Mike".

I hung up the phone and yelled "THIRD BASE!!"
 
My head hit the desk the second he thought your name was "Affirmative"
 
I think this thread should be retitled "The frustration of using aviation lingo in Texas"

No issue with that up here. I have a few pilots that are customers.
 
True story - I used to have to travel to a handful of remote offices and take packets of stuff with me to drop off to the respective managers while I was at it. So I had boxes or packets labeled "Mike", John, "Louis" and "Chuck."

Well for a while, I come in to my office in the morning and find "Mike", "John" and "Louis" but no "Chuck." After about a week I discovered the janitor was tossing "Chuck" in to the garbage.
 
Sac Arrow said:
True story - I used to have to travel to a handful of remote offices and take packets of stuff with me to drop off to the respective managers while I was at it. So I had boxes or packets labeled "Mike", John, "Louis" and "Chuck."

Well for a while, I come in to my office in the morning and find "Mike", "John" and "Louis" but no "Chuck." After about a week I discovered the janitor was tossing "Chuck" in to the garbage.
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Good thing it wasn't preceded by "This Side Up."
 
Although the phonetic alphabet extends well beyond aviation.
 
Norman said:
And most people don't have a clue about the phonetic alphabet.
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Saw a good one years ago. All the letters were designated by words where the letter was not pronounced or pronounced differently. "T as in Tsar, K as in Knight, P as is ptarmigan," etc...

Ron Wanttaja
 
I thought it was K as in kuh-niggit.
 
wanttaja said:
Saw a good one years ago. All the letters were designated by words where the letter was not pronounced or pronounced differently. "T as in Tsar, K as in Knight, P as is ptarmigan," etc...

Ron Wanttaja
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W as in Wanttaja...

Still can't say it right in my head even after reading that thread.
 
Seanaldinho said:
W as in Wanttaja...

Still can't say it right in my head even after reading that thread.
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The first W is pronounced as a V not W, with emphasis on the first syllable, easy :)

One day I'll make a Youtube video of the Finnish pronunciation of it :)
 
To the OP, not sure that was aviation lingo related, that guy sounds thick enough to have thought your name was Yes. Wow.
 
AggieMike88 said:
Someone must be doing a seance to recall the ghosts of Abbot and Costello.

Customer calls, I answer phone: "Thanks for calling, this is Mike, how can I help you?" and he proceeds to request his part.

We have the item, but he needs to get approval from boss to purchase. So I provide a "reservation number" that our system issues and ask him to write it down.

Customer: "Okay, I wrote down the number. And you said your name was Mike?"

Me: "Affirmative."

Customer: "Wait, is it Mike or Affirmative?"

Me: "I meant Affirmative, it's Mike."

Customer: "No, I want to know your real name. Is it Affirmative or Mike?"

headdesk

Me: "Just write down Mike".

I hung up the phone and yelled "THIRD BASE!!"
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It sounds to me like your customer didn't quite make Harvard.

Rich
 
Aviation lingo is spreading in my company due to my influence. Juan yesterday, my non-pilot boss told me to "standby one."
 
That's funny, I don't seem to have any problem using aviation lingo while at work. ;)
 
Try calling IT (those Asian kids are supposed to be super smart or good at math or both or something, right?) and when they ask for your extension (hey, it's a digital phone in the 21st century, he can SEE my freaking extension on his desk phone), you tell him "three-five-three-niner-one".
And he says "that's one too many".
You tell him "nope, count with me ... three ... five ... three ... niner ... one, that is five digits".
"That's six".
"Okay, kiddo, which one's trippin' you up?"
"The six of 'em".
"So tell me which 6 you got".
"Three-five-three-nine-oh-one".
"Gotcha, you misheard the niner ... naaaah-nerrrrrr".
"Why do you talk like that? You a cop?"
"Negative".
"I knew it, you're a cop".
"Do you have my correct extension now?"
"Sir, yes, sir".
"*sigh* Good. Thanks. Bye".
And I was praying to God that he didn't say "Over and out" because I would have personally walked downstairs and bitchslapped that silly spiky hair dumbass.

At least my name isn't Mike Affirmative. :D
 
I have to be honest guys - I avoid using aviation lingo outside of aviation situations. Seems to me that doing otherwise is kind of dorky.

Niner? Affirmative? Are you guys saying this crap at the bar too?
 
BigBadLou said:
Try calling IT (those Asian kids are supposed to be super smart or good at math or both or something, right?) and when they ask for your extension (hey, it's a digital phone in the 21st century, he can SEE my freaking extension on his desk phone), you tell him "three-five-three-niner-one".

And he says "that's one too many".

You tell him "nope, count with me ... three ... five ... three ... niner ... one, that is five digits".

"That's six".

"Okay, kiddo, which one's trippin' you up?"

"The six of 'em".

"So tell me which 6 you got".

"Three-five-three-nine-oh-one".

"Gotcha, you misheard the niner ... naaaah-nerrrrrr".

"Why do you talk like that? You a cop?"

"Negative".

"I knew it, you're a cop".

"Do you have my correct extension now?"

"Sir, yes, sir".

"*sigh* Good. Thanks. Bye".

And I was praying to God that he didn't say "Over and out" because I would have personally walked downstairs and bitchslapped that silly spiky hair dumbass.



At least my name isn't Mike Affirmative. :D
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Curious minds want to know what company you work for where your entire IT staff is Asian.
 
I casually dropped in a "wilco" the other day, and someone said "oh, I love that band!" lol
 
kayoh190 said:
I have to be honest guys - I avoid using aviation lingo outside of aviation situations. Seems to me that doing otherwise is kind of dorky.

Niner? Affirmative? Are you guys saying this crap at the bar too?
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Finally someone else who understands.
 
kayoh190 said:
I have to be honest guys - I avoid using aviation lingo outside of aviation situations. Seems to me that doing otherwise is kind of dorky.

Niner? Affirmative? Are you guys saying this crap at the bar too?
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:yeahthat:
 
kayoh190 said:
I have to be honest guys - I avoid using aviation lingo outside of aviation situations. Seems to me that doing otherwise is kind of dorky.

Niner? Affirmative? Are you guys saying this crap at the bar too?
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Yes, yes it is.
 
BigBadLou said:
Try calling IT (those Asian kids are supposed to be super smart or good at math or both or something, right?) and when they ask for your extension (hey, it's a digital phone in the 21st century, he can SEE my freaking extension on his desk phone), you tell him "three-five-three-niner-one".

And he says "that's one too many".

You tell him "nope, count with me ... three ... five ... three ... niner ... one, that is five digits".

"That's six".

"Okay, kiddo, which one's trippin' you up?"

"The six of 'em".

"So tell me which 6 you got".

"Three-five-three-nine-oh-one".

"Gotcha, you misheard the niner ... naaaah-nerrrrrr".

"Why do you talk like that? You a cop?"

"Negative".

"I knew it, you're a cop".

"Do you have my correct extension now?"

"Sir, yes, sir".

"*sigh* Good. Thanks. Bye".

And I was praying to God that he didn't say "Over and out" because I would have personally walked downstairs and bitchslapped that silly spiky hair dumbass.



At least my name isn't Mike Affirmative. :D
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At least you didn't pronounce it "tree".
 
And why wouldn't your IT help desk know that none of you including him, work at a police station?
 
One place I worked, the CTO was named Joe, and so was the CFO ...

So, CTO Joe was "José", while CFO Joe was "Hose B"
 
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