Things I shouldn't say out loud at work

Oh, those wacky Buck Rogers writers are at it again. Or were, 25 years ago.

Helpless Katarian Prime Minister: What did you have in mind, Captain?

Buck: A lightning raid against the Traybor's palace. You supply me with a handful of your best men, show me a way inside; we'll free your women, and then we'll go after the Traybor himself.

Nefarious Traitor: That's ridiculous!

Helpless Katarian Prime Minister: But bold.

Helpless Katarian Prime Minister's Aide: And imaginative! The last thing the Traybor would expect is an attack against his own palace.

(snap)

Buck: So, hold on a minute here. Just to clarify, "Let's attack him," that's your idea of an imaginative plan?

Helpless Katarian Prime Minister: Why, yes! Our planet's best military minds would never have come up with such an inventive solution!

Buck: ...Somehow, I believe you.

I'd like to inform the maintenance staff at work that when one puts in a request for two burnt-out light bulbs to be replaced, one does not expect the task to be marked as "complete" after only one of the two burnt-out light bulbs has been replaced. I would like to draw the attention of the maintenance staff to the dictionary definition of the word "complete," which is an adjective meaning "finished." If they are having difficulty locating the word in the dictionary, they may wish to look between "complement" ("It apparently takes a full complement of maintenance staff to replace a light bulb") and "complex" ("Replacing a light bulb seems to be a far more complex task than one might assume").

I'd like to do it politely, but honestly, I just don't care any more.

On an unrelated topic, I just got a spam e-mail with the subject line "It might be difficult to run between the two buildings tomorrow morning." A.S. has promised to keep an eye on the bridge that connects 299 Queen to 260 Richmond and let me know, when I get in tomorrow, whether anything happened to it. If so, then I propose making spam e-mail subject lines the new Daily Horoscopes of the 21st century. If only I spoke Korean, I'd know what to do with the rest of my life.

Until next time, to wooden, and Carmela driving.