Yeah, I sort of guessed it meant point of sale (though the other definition fit that particular use) and it made sense.
It is just, that is why I hate abbreviations and acronyms.
Three little letters can mean so many things. We already have three for POS alone.
People get used to using them, then get made when people don't immediately understand what they mean, because their frame of reference is different from the people's who are reading it (as someone who isn't that knowledgable about the business world might not know what point of sale is, let alone knows it means a cash register, and thus won't even think to associate POS with it).
Too many people use these abbreviations without bothering to explain what it means first before they use it.
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Re: Censoring genes/eye types on Discord
(Anonymous) 2023-04-19 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)Yeah, I sort of guessed it meant point of sale (though the other definition fit that particular use) and it made sense.
It is just, that is why I hate abbreviations and acronyms.
Three little letters can mean so many things. We already have three for POS alone.
People get used to using them, then get made when people don't immediately understand what they mean, because their frame of reference is different from the people's who are reading it (as someone who isn't that knowledgable about the business world might not know what point of sale is, let alone knows it means a cash register, and thus won't even think to associate POS with it).
Too many people use these abbreviations without bothering to explain what it means first before they use it.