I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work

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@jerry

Some details might be necessary, but congratulations!

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@jerry One time, to a junior team-mate, I used the phrase "I'm not here to compensate for your lack of time, I'm here to compensate for your lack of experience".

I only partially regretted letting myself say that...because he was annoying me...

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@jerry Pet the fid...

con:fid:ence com:pet:ence

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@jerry what was the response?

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@jerry I have those opportunities but not the cojones

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@jerry You’re absolutely right!

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@jerry One day I will get the chance to deploy that line. And it will be explosive and enjoyable at the same time.

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@jerry I have trouble finding an hour during the day when that phrase would not be appropriate.

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@jerry Snork!

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@jerry love it lol

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@jerry I've used the phrase "impediment of competence" in a similar context, but I was not speaking directly to the unimpeded party. Bravo.

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@jerry I used to get opportunities like that all the time.

but the real question is:

did you use it?

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@jerry Some of us will die before we can utter this phrase. You’re truly living the dream.

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@jerry how did it go?

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@jerry Well done!

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@jerry

#respect

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@jerry Had a manager who finally got fed up with another manager who kept talking while saying nothing. He interrupted them and said, "Have you lost your mind. Do you need to go out into the hallway and look for it."

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@jerry @Guillotine_Jones Key prerequisite for upper management.

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@jerry wait you have a day job again? Or were you talking to your critters?

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@jerry
“Oh, Benson. *Dear* Benson. You are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.”
— Evil (David Warner), *Time Bandits* (Terry Gilliam, 1981)