Not the toaster!! Oh, the humanity!
You all remember The Famed Toaster of Hades, right? Well, my worthy adversary has fallen ill. The last two days, The Toaster sits idly...no orange glow coming from its eyes, no smoke billowing from its latest crispy conquest. Only an "Out of Order, Sorry for the Inconvenience" sign resting in Death's jaws.
I don't know what's wrong with it, or if there is any hope of recovery. Since The Toaster is still in place, I can only assume that it will rise from its own ashes like a phoenix, ready to rain fire upon its victims once again. If, by some horrible twist of fate, The Toaster's final chapter has been written, it will be a bittersweet moment, and certainly the dawn of a new era. The outcome, for now, remains in doubt, and we all wait in anxious anticipation for the resolution.
I wish all the best to The Toaster and its family. So what are all these acronyms?
- SOAK - Second Of A Kind (I've had to eat chilled bagels for the last 2 days since there's no back-up Toaster)
- ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival, or basically the time that the Toaster is scheduled to be repaired and back in full operational mode. Actually, ETA isn't an acronym, but an initialization, since when spoken it's not pronounced, but merely stated as the letters themselves.
- ASAP - As Soon As Possible
2 comments:
You need an Owner and a Target Date!!
I never got the ETA acronym. The ET makes sense, but Arrival? How is that correct? "That tool has an ETA of 4PM." Where did it go? Does the tool leave the fab and then wander back when it's better?
And what's the deal with airline peanuts?
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