I thought I would touch on some funny moments after the past few days. If you can imagine, when you are working with people whom all come from different countries, where the common language for all is English, but where the English language can be so diverse in everyone’s interpretation.
To give you a couple of examples
I say “It’s time for a Kit Kat Break“, it’s interpreted as “What App are you talking about now Sharon .. this Snick Nax?”. We both looked at each other, and I just burst out laughing. I then explained it is a type of biscuit and we needed to stop looking at data as it was driving us a little crazy!
Another example … Benedicte says “It’s foggy out there”, but what Susannah and I heard we both had to turn our heads. I will leave it up to you but it was not “fog”!
Imagine you are Brazilian and trying to say Vietnamese after you tell me we are going to Cordon Bleu (which is a French term generally), so I had to ask him to spell or say slowly and I was still not getting it until he mentioned Yen and the country she was from.
I’m guessing they are going with the noun .. cook of the highest class!
So yes, it takes several go’s, possibly being a little creative, but we have certainly had a lot of fun interpreting amongst each other.
Today there was a get together to listen live to one of the key notes at Dreamforce being held in San Francisco across several locations. It was announed about the partnership between Salesforce and United Way and the new digital age of connecting everyone together to record their donations and, soon to be, volunteer hours … connecting Citizen and Corporate Philanthropy at a scale they could potentially help so many!
Announcement back in February 2018
Tonight, after a very long day continuing being immersed in data, the four of us went to meet some of the UWBA colleagues for a farewell drink of one of their colleagues leaving the organisation. It was another interesting place with a great vibe that we were introduced to as part of the overall San Fran experience – a Tiki Bar complete with exploding volcano, twinkling stars, carvings and totem poles. Pagen Idol
Group pictures
Benedicte, Ashley, Meghan, Ricardo, and Susannah
Benedicte, Paris, Ashley, Meghan, Kaila, Ricardo, Gabriel, Susannah
Sharon Tunley 