I work IT, a mainly male department. There is a lot of ambiguity and interchangeability between on and in. For example, log on and log in, files on a drive and files in a drive, remoting on and remoting in to a machine.
There are two areas, however, where this interchangeability should not be used. On time and in time being the first. On time means on schedule, properly deployed and tested with an opportunity to deal with teething issues. In time means holy crap we deployed it the night before it went live.
The other area that on and in mean completely different things is in the gents. Unfortunately my colleagues do not seem to be able to let go of the on/in flexibility. Where toilets are concerned, pissing on is not the same as pissing in!
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