The Picard Maneuver to Curated [email protected]English • 6 months agoThe customer is always rightlemmy.worldimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1666
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•6 months agoThat was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoSame meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’ You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
minus-squaresubignitionlinkfedilink24•6 months ago“86 the chef special” == get rid of it [from the menu]
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agostr 86; str itmTo86; 86='get rid of'; info(strFmt('%1 %2',86,itmTo86)); (This won’t actually work, since you can’t assign ints as variables, but whatever. It was fun)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoNo, “86 the chef special” means 'kitchen is out of chef special. Yes, your task is to remove it from the menu. But you aren’t 86ing it. You’re marking it as 86’d because the quantity is below minimum threshold (usually zero).
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish10•6 months agoIn a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-26 months agoAnd that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoThere’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.
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That was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
Same meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’
You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
“86 the chef special” == get rid of it [from the menu]
str 86;str itmTo86;86='get rid of';info(strFmt('%1 %2',86,itmTo86));(This won’t actually work, since you can’t assign ints as variables, but whatever. It was fun)
No, “86 the chef special” means 'kitchen is out of chef special.
Yes, your task is to remove it from the menu.
But you aren’t 86ing it.
You’re marking it as 86’d because the quantity is below minimum threshold (usually zero).
In a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
And that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
There’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.