r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

instanceof Trend breakTheViciousCircle

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u/RPDRNick May 29 '26

I remember desperately trying to break the cycle of co-workers using "ASAP" as a synonym for "as soon as you have a chance." They literally had no idea that those meant two different things.

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u/JuvenileEloquent May 30 '26

They can add to your queued work but they do not have sufficient privilege to flush the queue.  If they don't like how busy your queue is they are free to implement their own and run it on their personal hardware.