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minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoThat was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
minus-squareCascadianGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoSame meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’ You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoIn a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoAnd that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThere’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.
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That was my experience as well. Though we would also refer to a banned customer as “86’d.”
Same meaning in my experience. The patron is kicked out. 86’d is the past tense. ‘they have been 86’d’
You no longer have any of that product, ingredient, or in this case customer.
In a workshop environment I’ve heard “86 it” to mean “get rid of it.” synonymous with “shitcan it.”
And that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
There’s a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.