On 7/15/2010 9:38 AM, Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:33:19 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
>
>> I don't have a problem with the word "post," I just rarely hear it
>> referring to a teaching position out here in fly-over country.
>> Undoubtedly, that's my problem. Usually, I hear, "I have a new
>> teaching job." LOL.
>
> It's young corporate jargon and I hate it. Every word is used to make
> something more desirable. Who wants a job when you can have a post.
> My favorite is opportunity. Who wants to apply for a job when you can
> be a candidate for an opportunity?
>
> Gimmie a break. It's a freekin JOB!
>
> Lou

Geez Lou, I just blew iced green tea over the key board. I was a
corporate recruiter for a couple of years and my idiot boss wanted me to
write newspaper ads for opportunities. Luckily they caught up with the
idiot and got rid of him. People I was talking to were looking for
paying jobs, not the opportunity of a lifetime.