off-beat compliments

[TrogL]

I've gotten a few of these from time to time.

1. Installing ORACLE on a UNIX server requires considerable configuration of the server. ORACLE provides "suggestions", some of which I disagreed with. DBA's comment - "I respect you for even having an opinion, never mind whether it's correct or not."

2. I was walking down the street with my boss on our way to a tech convention. I'd gone off on a rant about network stuff, mostly the intricacies of routing. Guy walking ahead of us turned around said "Man, I'd love to have your job."

3. Memo - "We would like TrogL to continue to attend the weekly meeting. While we rarely understand what he's talking about, we do feel he's making a contribution."

4. Same tech convention as above. I'd gone to the keynote address and didn't understand a word of it. It was addressed to "business" types, not techs. I went to my boss, who said "You did better than I did. I stormed out in the first five minutes."

5. We'd brought in a consultant to explain a new business process and technology. After he left, boss says "Did anybody understand any of that?" I raised my hand, to "you're no help. We don't understand you half the time."

[HopeHoops]

1. There's always - "It doesn't suck."

[Brickbat]

2. I had a manager who liked me around during the (many) crises we had, because I was a steadying

influence on everyone, but he also told me in a meeting, "I can never tell what you're feeling, Brickbat." Which is hilarious, because while I am a very private person and go into robot mode at work, I am intensely emotional. Just on the inside.

[TrogL]

4. My boss had that talk with me last week

He also wanted me to brush my hair occasionally.

[frogmarch]

3. "I love you though."

My husband said that to me out of the clear blue sky many years ago. We're still married though.

[WolverineDG]

5. You don't suffer fools gladly

I was never sure if that was a put-down or a compliment

[dimbear]

6. That is a golden compliment. It is also nicer than its street equivalent, you

don't take much crap.

[pacalo]

7. If you can draw, you should create your own "Trog" comic strip. Those are great!

[Chan790]

8. My (female) close friend once told me I was really nice...for a guy.

Mind you, this was her explanation for why I was unhappily single.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

9. My mom always gave me "It's (or that's) better than Govt. work"

Since she worked for the state I grew up thinking that I (this was btwn 7 and 14ish) could run the government better than the pols did. I later learned that yes I could do better, but it is not worth the headaches and I get too many of those already.

[Bake]

10. I don't understand any of this.

There's probably a reason for that.



Bake

[HappyMe]

11. That's some funny stuff.