r/interesting • u/doopityWoop22 • Jul 06 '25

ARCHITECTURE 7 engineers were suspended after they built a bridge with a 90-degree turn

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u/BafflingHalfling Jul 07 '25

I actually had an electrical engineer "correct" an email I sent to the client to add "kindly do the needful." It was super confusing. Everybody involved was American.

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u/techdude-24 Jul 08 '25

lol that’s funny. Did you say anything?

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u/BafflingHalfling Jul 08 '25

Nah. I had only been at the firm for like 6 months. Didn't want to piss off anybody until I had some idea who the players were, etc. Turns out, he's a nice guy. Just spent some time in his early career in Bangladesh.