One of our colleagues is a very distinctive character. He seems to love meetings, and getting involved in stuff that doesn’t concern him; which makes people think he is just looking to get out of work. However, even though some of the words he uses sounds like he could be blagging, if you think/check what he is saying carefully, he actually is extremely knowledgeable.
He also loves telling stories and talking about his personal life. He loves all things Thailand, so does Thai Boxing, used to be married to a Thai woman, and still goes there on holiday. He loves talking about food, cars, dogs, nutrition, gym, will often start sentences with “ironically”, and will often end sentences with “you know what I mean?” which makes many out of context quotes sound amazing.
You know what I mean?
Joshua 16:55:
how many times does Michel say you know what I mean?
Me 16:56:
The ironic thing is, I know exactly what you mean
- ironically, it’s all feathers in my cap, you know what I mean?
- I don’t even know what that is, you know what I mean?
- I ask them, “do you speak Thai?” and some of them don’t, ironically
- people don’t realise I’m as good in the role as I am, you know what I mean
- the irony of it is, is that I didn’t know my MOT had run out, you know what I mean?
- your chest is a big muscle group, you know what I mean?
- the irony of it all is that she has her two fingers strapped up and she is a lesbian
- yesterday I got a takeaway for no other reason that I was a bit peckish
- you’ve got to be insane to fight a top level Thai with hemp wraps, it is suicide
- I knew if I’d have stayed at home, I would have just vegetated on the sofa, you know what I mean?
- it’s a colour printer and it does 5000 sheets, do you understand what I mean?
- the thing is with wireless; is that you don’t have to be stood next to it to print, you know what I mean?
- have you ever eaten polystyrene?
- imagine a 3 year old kid sat on your lower body while you are asleep
- I had to stop two of my gangster mates abducting him and leaving him out on the moor
- it’s got a public get but a private set because at the end of the day you don’t want it to change, you know what I mean?
- my body responds different to carbs, you know what I mean?
- I’m multiskilled, you know what I mean?
- The new camera interests me a bit. Do you know what I mean?
- you get 3 or 4 hours with him on the morning, because he goes home, you know what I mean?
- There’s an unknown; do you know what I mean?
- it wouldn’t just stop working; you know what I mean?
- I never like to mix business with pleasure, do you understand what I mean?
- my heart was in my mouth, do you know what I mean?
- I flummoxed him, you know what I mean?
- If I don’t go out, I don’t see anybody, you know what I mean?
- there’s a reason why police use Alsatians , you know what I mean?
- you can’t even drive around that corner at the speed limit. Actually you can, because I do it everyday. It wasn’t wet but it wasn’t dry, do you understand what I mean?
Michel about the old days:
- it’s just how they were, you know what I mean?
- at that time, it was just normal, you know what I mean?
- in the 1960’s, no one gave a damn, you know what I mean?
- there were no trains, no buses, you know what I mean
Walking Off
Andy:
Michel said something yesterday like "I asked Graham to explain it but he confused me so I just walked off"
Me:
Yesterday, Michel also said something like "I'm here to speak with Dave, but he is gonna blag my head with advanced computer science"
sounds like he went around speaking to people then walking off
Andy: Michel likes taking responsibility for everything. They could have just logged a ticket for IT to turn the computers back on. There were a few that powered off
“I had to drive all the way to the office and plug them all in. Took most of the morning”
Michel
Michel On Leadership:
- When it comes to leadership, some people are really good at it, and others have to try
- I didn’t get to my position by going out of my way to fix environments. I broke them and then fixed them, you know what I mean?
- we all fall foul of an environment not being patched, you know what I mean?
- I am subtle as a brick
- delegate if you can
- everyone is human, and we all mess up
- Shall I tell you when to worry? when I am worried
- I type so fast, I miss out entire words
- as long as the output is correct, the process is up to the team: you know what I mean?
Stranger Coding Tings 