I need to get my eyes checked. Or maybe I just need a vacation from work. Or maybe both. I was logged in to a database at work, looking for which columns in which tables hold the data I need, and I saw a column called BATCHID. No exaggeration – it took me a full 30 seconds to identify that column as “Batch ID”, not “bat child”. I was sitting at my desk, almost scratching my head in confusion over why on EARTH we had a column to store data about bat children. Was it a joke? Did “BAT” stand for something and this is child data of some sort? I’ve worked here for nearly five years – how could I have never heard of it? Eventually, the light bulb came on, and now I feel stupid, but man – I was really puzzled for a bit there.
Inane Chatter
What were you expecting?
