Due to the nature of the business around here, we're ALWAYS talking about stuff happening in the future. In the past few weeks, I've lost count of the number of times I've heard someone refer to something happening "in '010'. And I've just gotta ask, is it REALLY that much easier than "2010"?
This isn't just me being anal here… '010 is meaningless! It only "makes sense" because this is 2009. 2008=08, 2009=09, 2010=010. But one look at that should show you the flaw in that logic. If you accept '010, then this year would have to be '009, and that makes even less sense than '010.
To put it another way, if this were 2109, we'd never have this discussion. It wouldn't occur to anyone to even think next year is '010, because there's no extraneous zeros to add into the date. (2108='08, 2109='09, 2110=... '10!)
I will acknowledge that '10 doesn't exactly flow off the tongue ("We'll plan for that in '10"? Nope.) But that doesn't excuse '010.
Sadly, while everyone I've asked about this has reacted with confusion at the question ("What do you mean '010?") and they've agreed with me that it's meaningless, I have a feeling we're going to be stuck hearing it for months to come. (Years, even? '011? '012? I mean, really, where does it stop?) Stuff like this doesn't just go away on its own, people!
*shudder*
This isn't just me being anal here… '010 is meaningless! It only "makes sense" because this is 2009. 2008=08, 2009=09, 2010=010. But one look at that should show you the flaw in that logic. If you accept '010, then this year would have to be '009, and that makes even less sense than '010.
To put it another way, if this were 2109, we'd never have this discussion. It wouldn't occur to anyone to even think next year is '010, because there's no extraneous zeros to add into the date. (2108='08, 2109='09, 2110=... '10!)
I will acknowledge that '10 doesn't exactly flow off the tongue ("We'll plan for that in '10"? Nope.) But that doesn't excuse '010.
Sadly, while everyone I've asked about this has reacted with confusion at the question ("What do you mean '010?") and they've agreed with me that it's meaningless, I have a feeling we're going to be stuck hearing it for months to come. (Years, even? '011? '012? I mean, really, where does it stop?) Stuff like this doesn't just go away on its own, people!
*shudder*
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