Talking Parrot Phenomenon
the sudden inexplicable inability to demonstrate an action to an audience specifically summoned to view said action.
this phenomenon receives its name from the premise of a pet “talking” parrot who is suddenly silent when guests are invited to see it “talk.” “i swear!,” says the owner, “he says all kinds of stuff! he says ‘h-llo’, he says our names! really! i don’t know why he won’t do it now….” while the guests nod and say, “suuure, he talks. we totally believe you.”
example:
you “every time i try to load this page i get a weird error message. i restarted and everything. come in here and look at this.”
it employee: “ok, show me what it’s doing.”
you: repeat action that has resulted in a error 17 times in a row. page now loads no problem. “i swear, it was giving me an error every single time before you were standing here. talking parrot phenomenon, right there.”
it employee: gives you skeptical eye.
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