Fun With Acronyms
Some residents of a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington are having a bit of fun at the expense of a developer. They have rechristened the South Lake Union Streetcar that is being built. And they're selling t-shirts with the new acronym of the "South Lake Union Trolley".
SEATTLE - Officially, it's the South Lake Union Streetcar. But in the neighborhood where the new line runs, it's called the South Lake Union Trolley — or, the SLUT. At Kapow! Coffee, a shop in the old Cascade neighborhood, 100 T-shirts bearing the words "Ride the SLUT" sold out in days, and another 100 are on order.
"We're welcoming the SLUT into the neighborhood," said Jerry Johnson, 29, a part-time barista.
We could mention here that civility is a thing of the past, but we doubt anyone would hear us. Apparently, this is a payback on the developers and the city by the folks in the neighborhood:
"There was a meeting with representatives from the city several years ago," Johnson recalled.
"They asked us, 'What we could do for you?' Most people raised their hands and said, 'Affordable housing,'" he said. "Then the people from the city huddled together — 'whisper, whisper, whisper,' — and they said, 'How about a trolley?'"
Well, it is Seattle. Home of some real class acts.
(Side note - and completely true. One job I had a while back was in a nuclear power plant. The engineering managers got together and changed the organization to provide for better immediate support for plant issues. At the first meeting to explain the new organization they had an overhead slide that outlined the new groups. Including the "Fast Action Response Team". They had a hard time getting anyone's attention for the rest of the presentation. They also changed the name of the group.)
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Tuesday, 18 September , 2007 @ 7:48 pm
The link to the original story is missing.
Reminds me of where I work: Years ago, there was a proposal for a “Staff Help & Individualized Training” team.
Name got changed real fast, once the laughter started.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 18 September , 2007 @ 7:52 pm
Thanks, Anthony. I just updated it. Yeah, my wife upped the ante on me a few minutes ago - her company tried a “Strategic Health Inititive Team”.
By OldeForce, Wednesday, 19 September , 2007 @ 11:38 am
Had to be about 1955 when my Dad was working for a large corporation in NJ. One area completed a project and printed up about $10,000 [in 1955 dollars] worth of application forms. He never did tell me what was spelled out, but all of the forms were destroyed, Oh, s@#t, I guess.
By Bleepless, Wednesday, 19 September , 2007 @ 9:36 pm
Part of the reason for the Friendly Unified Bus Amazing Ride is to get to and from a large scientific lab planned by Paul Allen, Microsoft cofounder. The city seized the real estate and evicted the owners because Allen wanted it. Nobody with any influence so much as mentioned any ethical problem.
Seattle is run by a coalition of the far Left and the super-rich. This is not likely to change.