{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/61cae219cea65300147580f2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0397 – My Manager’s A Jerk…","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fe36a71f3869269deaf79a5/1640517727663-c9732320b1dc90956152d18c807b99bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>2022.02.01 – 0397 – My Manager’s A Jerk…</p><p><br></p><p>“What’s that on the road ahead?”</p><p>“What’s that on the road, a head?”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A pause can make all the difference between seeing traffic problems, and the scene of a murder…&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>If your friend said to you:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>“My manager who’s in the New York office / is a jerk” the pause would indicate that they have more than one manager, and they are referring to the one in New York, rather than the one in London or Paris.</p><p><br></p><p>If instead they said “My manager / who’s in the New York office / is a jerk” the pause indicates that they only have one manager, and that that person is based in New York.</p><p><br></p><p>The point of the pause is to give added context to the comment – although either way that person is a jerk.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Peter Stewart"}