Who The Fuck Is Tia?!

Example that I am old and often out of touch and just can’t keep up with the kids these days #356.

Email from a sales person from later in the day yesterday that I didn’t see until I first got in this morning asking if I could update one of her clients spots taking out the mention of a “Grand Opening” as the event had already happened.

“Can you cut that part out so I can resend to him tomorrow?” she wrote.

She ended the email with “TIA!”

First thought? Who the fuck is Tia?! Should I know her? Is she nice?

Second thought? Oh, goddammit, what does this one stand for now? I racked my brain, “Till I Am” or “Tomorrow Is Afoot”, “Today Is Ass” but got nothin’, well at least nothin’ useful (my brain can be quite small in the mornings).

Third thought? Is this some sort of a thank you maybe, like a ‘grazie’ or a ‘danke’ or a ‘merci’ that I am unaware of? Not worldly enough am I?

Next thought (I’m tired of counting now – three is generally my limit) Jesus, is this a NEW acronym?! … SIGH. I think I mentioned up top me being old and unable to keep up, especially in this apparently fast moving acronymed time that we live in right?

So, I asked my production boss, Randy, almost equally as old as I am but a little more hip to this sort of thing. He laughed a little laugh and said he knows what that one means.

“Well?!” I said

“Thanks In Advance”

Final thought? “Thanks in advance”?!?! Who the hell says “Thanks in advance?!” NOBODY!! NOT A SOUL!!! (well except for at least one it seems). That’s why my, albeit small in the morning brain couldn’t figure it out.

So, ground rules then people, alright? Your acronyms of expressions or sayings or whatever’s, your OMG’s or BTW’s or IDK’s or KMFDM’s or IMO’s or LOL’s (those that at least come explained with emoji’s) can ONLY be of stuff people actually say, on a regular basis in the regular world by regular folks Ok?

Just wanna BOP or SOP (Be On Page or Stay On Page – Bam!! Take that M’fers!!)

There’s plenty enough stuff out there to make me feel old and out of touch as it is, I don’t need you throwing me curveballs that aren’t my fault I couldn’t hit (fucking Bugs Bunny shit).