That's why you're the customer and I'm the...reservations taking guy

[Mr Hero]

She wasn't really sucky but just a little dumb.

C: I'm wondering how much it would be for a week.
Me: We don't really offer weekly rates, but if you stay at least 7 days I can get you a rate of $59.99 per night.
C: Do you have any food-making things?
Me: You mean a kitchen?
C: Yes

[Aut]

Wow. You really think she's intelligent enough to be around such 'food making things?'

[joe hx]

No, not a kitchen, a replicator. Like in Star Trek.

[greek_jester]

She wasn't really sucky but just a little dumb.

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C: Do you have any food-making things?
Me: You mean a kitchen?
C: Yes

Um, I actually did this until fairly recently as I had a build-up of fluid in my brain, affecting my 'naming' memory & my short-term memory. It's also one of the symptoms of dementia. It also happens to my diabetic mother when her blood sugar starts getting too low. Please rephrase the dumb part?

Sorry for being picky, I'm just a little sensitive about it as I had to endure a few snide comments over the last few years while the doctors worked out what was wrong with me & how to fix it.

[LillFilly]

I've done it too. 'Tip of the tongue syndrome' I can't help it!

Classic yesterday, when I was telling a coworker about winning a contest based on applause:

"I won because I got the most clap...........Clapping...I mean APPLAUSE!!!"

Now he won't stop telling my other coworkers how much 'clap' I have!

[Pagan]

No, not a kitchen, a replicator. Like in Star Trek.

I want one of those and a transporter!

I've done it too. 'Tip of the tongue syndrome' I can't help it!

Classic yesterday, when I was telling a coworker about winning a contest based on applause:

"I won because I got the most clap...........Clapping...I mean APPLAUSE!!!"

Now he won't stop telling my other coworkers how much 'clap' I have!

I do that when I'm very, very, very tired, like jet-lagged tired. On two separate occasions, I referred to acorns as "oak nuts" and an oak tree as an "acorn tree".

[AccountingDrone]

Um, I actually did this until fairly recently as I had a build-up of fluid in my brain, affecting my 'naming' memory & my short-term memory. It's also one of the symptoms of dementia. It also happens to my diabetic mother when her blood sugar starts getting too low. Please rephrase the dumb part?

Sorry for being picky, I'm just a little sensitive about it as I had to endure a few snide comments over the last few years while the doctors worked out what was wrong with me & how to fix it.

Yup aphasia is a bitch ... oddly enough being multilingual helps, I can usually find a word in some language or another for the item .... may not be in english, mind you but mrDrone is also multilingual and deals with it. usually only happens when I am really tired and frazzled, and a bit low in blood sugar, or migrainey.

So they installed a shunt? All more or less better now hopefully?

[noone]

Well, to be honest, I have a Learning Disability, which makes me forget words often. The people I'm talking with occasionally have to deal with mini charade games when the words go away.

"The thing. Damn, about THIS big, and it holds liquids, you stick a straw in it..."

"You mean a cup?"

"YES! thank you!"

[greek_jester]

So they installed a shunt? All more or less better now hopefully?

Actually, I was lucky enough to qualify for a new procedure - IIRC I'm something like the 86th person in the UK to receive the op

WARNING - slightly gruesome op description ahead

A shunt goes in through the skull, which is quite invasive & takes a while to recover from. The new procedure is used when the brain's natural fluid drainage system, the veins, are blocked.

The new op uses a stent. These are usually used in heart or kidney ops to open up narrowed veins/arteries. In my case they inserted a stent into my vein through my neck, & slid it up into place in my brain. I was out of hospital on the 2nd day after the op, & the hole in my neck looked like I'd scratched a spot. I've actually got more of a scar from where they inserted the port on the back of my hand.

After effects were mainly from the anti-clotting medication (there's a higher risk of stroke with this procedure, but less chance of infection or related brain damage than with a shunt) & the general anaesthetic (I tended to doze off a lot for the first 3 weeks - they wouldn't let me back to work until I could go all day without napping!) Now I'm actually able to remember things from one minute to the next - no more carrying notes between offices so I'll remember what I was going to ask my supervisor!

[RetailWorkhorse]

I do that sometimes. I also have a habit of turning my words around.

No, not a kitchen, a replicator. Like in Star Trek.

Does your replicators make decent nachos? [/Marcus Jones, Foxtrot]

[ArcticChicken]

Well, to be honest, I have a Learning Disability, which makes me forget words often. The people I'm talking with occasionally have to deal with mini charade games when the words go away.

I do that without the excuse of a learning disability.

The worst is when neither party can remember the word, but both parties know the object intended with the wild flailing.

[AccountingDrone]

Actually, I was lucky enough to qualify for a new procedure - IIRC I'm something like the 86th person in the UK to receive the op

WARNING - slightly gruesome op description ahead

A shunt goes in through the skull, which is quite invasive & takes a while to recover from. The new procedure is used when the brain's natural fluid drainage system, the veins, are blocked.

The new op uses a stent. These are usually used in heart or kidney ops to open up narrowed veins/arteries. In my case they inserted a stent into my vein through my neck, & slid it up into place in my brain. I was out of hospital on the 2nd day after the op, & the hole in my neck looked like I'd scratched a spot. I've actually got more of a scar from where they inserted the port on the back of my hand.

After effects were mainly from the anti-clotting medication (there's a higher risk of stroke with this procedure, but less chance of infection or related brain damage than with a shunt) & the general anaesthetic (I tended to doze off a lot for the first 3 weeks - they wouldn't let me back to work until I could go all day without napping!) Now I'm actually able to remember things from one minute to the next - no more carrying notes between offices so I'll remember what I was going to ask my supervisor!

Sweet!

They are using a similar procedure for MS in um, somewhere in europe =) as a sort of experimental deal.

[noone]

The worst is when neither party can remember the word, but both parties know the object intended with the wild flailing.

That's the best part! What's even better is when a random person stops and tells us the word. Half the time they're amused when we loudly thank them, the other half scoot away slowly.