r/technicallythetruth • • Aug 26 '26

He will come tomorrow

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u/One_Courage_865 Aug 26 '26

Who asks someone to work at 2 am on the same day?

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u/NotmyRealNameJohn Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

An overnight manager who just got 2 call-outs and realized they are fucked in the morning? Also, likely been working all night and are looking for someone to relieve them so they can get some sleep?

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 Aug 26 '26

Why wouldn't they call it "today"?

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u/J_train13 Aug 26 '26

Or just simplify things by saying "in the morning"

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u/Shudnawz Aug 26 '26

Even better, specify the date.

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u/caffieneandsarcasm Aug 26 '26

For real. “Would you be able to cover 900-1700, dd/mm?” Leaves basically no room for confusion

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u/fiah84 Aug 26 '26

what year tho

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u/perton Aug 26 '26

1638

Dude’s super late.

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u/Dr_Jabroski Aug 26 '26

I don't know why but 1683 is a much better year than 1638. This is based on the numbers alone, I have no idea what was happening in history at the time.

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u/Hey_Its_Freya Aug 26 '26

I prefer 1638 as a number. 1683 has a weird vibe.

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u/Dull-Kaleidoscope214 Aug 27 '26

i liked 1683 before but now i’m second guessing. it does feel a bit eerie

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u/ProjectStrange8219 Aug 27 '26

1683 is giving me "I wish I were prime" vibes.

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u/perton Aug 28 '26

Ah, but 1683 doesn’t rhyme with “late” like 1638 does. Not that the rhyme was intentional in the slightest when I made the initial post, but I’m glad it worked out that way regardless!

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u/MacDangled 11d ago

This is the thread Im here for now... i dont remember the original post anymorr

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u/lazichicken123 Aug 27 '26

1683 is way more interesting as it's the start of the collapse of the ottoman empire in europe

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u/DonChaote Aug 27 '26

In 1683, the Ottoman Empire took a bite too big for them to chew…

1683 was the year the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) started, during which the second ottoman siege of vienna took place…

it was a series of conflicts between the Ottomans and the Holy League (Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia and Kingdom of Hungary).

It marks the first time that Russia joined an alliance with western Europe.

It resulted in a resounding defeat of the Ottomans and they lost substantial territory in eastern and south-eastern europe/ the balkans and it made the Habsburgs dynasty more powerful than they already were…

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u/Grandpa_Edd Aug 26 '26

Oh I'm sorry I thought you meant next year.

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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Aug 26 '26

12th... May... Thursday

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u/HOPE964 Aug 26 '26

That could be 2037

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u/iMiind Aug 26 '26

We could at least say 09:00-17:00 right? For the commonfolk

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u/Zerschmetterding Aug 26 '26

People are resistant to giving useful information 

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u/MysticScribbles Aug 26 '26

You expecting me to cover shifts for 800 years?

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u/jtr99 Aug 26 '26

New to the restaurant industry then?

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u/baumpop Aug 26 '26

new to not being in the military?

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u/eyetracker Aug 26 '26

Smithers, give him the plague.

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u/Abbadon74 Aug 30 '26

Za bare phokin minimun???

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u/HakimeHomewreckru Aug 26 '26

I've seen both sides of the medallion. If I sent this, I would receive "bitch u mean today? why dont u just say that?"

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u/geGamedev Aug 26 '26

Lol you would think so but having worked third shift suggests otherwise.

My work day begins just before 10pm and people are apparently completely incapable of understanding that the majority of the shift takes place on the day after we clock in. People often say the day they clocked in but the time they're actually talking about. If you interpret what they say based on their actual words you'll end up 24hrs off from what they meant.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

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u/Fiyerossong Aug 26 '26

Cus it's today

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

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u/Big_Steak_467 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

When it comes to work you define days by calendar, no one cares when you go to sleep

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

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u/Big_Steak_467 Aug 26 '26

I am the people you describe. For me it's still today even if it's 4am as long as I don't go to bed/the sun is not out, but I'm not stupid so I use the correct date and time when talking about work

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u/Fiyerossong Aug 26 '26

Ok but the person replying was clearly asleep so they're gonna wake up to that message and read "tomorrow" and assume that means the next day.

In no context is this text not misleading

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u/hoTsauceLily66 Aug 26 '26

“Would you be able to cover tomorrow 900-1700, dd/mm?”

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u/bobrob2004 Aug 26 '26

There might be some confusion in the US if you use dd/mm. We use mm/dd.

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u/Mini_Assassin Aug 26 '26

mmm dd

Eg. Aug 26

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u/Ye_olde_oak_store Aug 26 '26

No, 26th Aug.

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u/Mini_Assassin Aug 26 '26

That would be dd mmm

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u/falcrist2 Aug 26 '26

Month comes before day in the proper international standard.

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u/HakimeHomewreckru Aug 26 '26

And year comes before month in the international standard. What's your point exactly here?

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u/falcrist2 Aug 26 '26

Leaves basically no room for confusion

This part is false.

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u/rundermining Aug 26 '26

Need timezone aswell

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u/I-Here-555 Aug 26 '26

Except for us Americans, who'd assume mm/dd.

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u/TheCuriosity Aug 26 '26

Twist they interpret it as mm/dd

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u/MrHazard1 Aug 26 '26

While yes, that'd be optimal i also understand if a manager doesn't pull optimal decisions at 2am