Don't judge a book....

I have a new rule for anyone who engages in conversation with me. You are not allowed to insult someone with your choice of vulgar references unless a) I have met them already and b) You can remember their name accurately. If I haven't met them... I don't want to hear it. If you can't remember their name, you don't know them well enough to insult them honestly. There's nothing more awkward than heading out on a short business day-trip and having the manager-type you're going with proceed to insult them in vulgar terms, when I'm going to have to work with them for the next 6 hours, all when I haven't even met them yet.

Surprisingly, the business trip went very well; apparently, engineers do a lot better when an engineer speaks actual engineering to them. Who've have thought? All in all, it was a very productive trip, and we got a lot done.

Don't judge a book by its cover... and don't make me do it either.

It's been a long day.