Bull Shoot Bingo

StanwaySteve62

Not a d*ickish thing to say but a guy ordered a latte coffee in front of me earlier

rhext

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

Not a d*ickish thing to say but a guy ordered a latte coffee in front of me earlier

As opposed to a latte pint of bitter you mean?

StanwaySteve62

Was in mac Donalds ( just a shake ) so guess he was taking no chances

pedylan

"Capture that..."

"Low hanging fruit"

"Size of the prize."

I think there's entire forums out there dealing with management bullsh*t. Said bullsh*t (jargon) exists to make simple things complex, inflate the user's position, make it difficult to pinpoint an argument against them etc.

Basically, management is NOT a job. We've allowed a sector of overpaid and largely useless individuals occupy managment positions or management consultancy roles and they're completely worthless. So to create an impression of value they've invented their own language. Don't speak it it just encourages the tw@ts.

Crapaud

pedylan wrote:

... Don't speak it it just encourages the tw@ts.

+1

Another good tactic is to listen intently while they witter on and, when they're finished, ask as sincerely as you can manage, "What does that mean?" 9 out of 10 will waffle 'cos they don't know - or they know that it doesn't mean anything. It can be funny to watch.

One Man And His Bike

Crapaud wrote:

pedylan wrote:

... Don't speak it it just encourages the tw@ts.

+1

Another good tactic is to listen intently while they witter on and, when they're finished, ask as sincerely as you can manage, "What does that mean?" 9 out of 10 will waffle 'cos they don't know - or they know that it doesn't mean anything. It can be funny to watch.

Tw@tting them upside the head with a dictionary works better, far more entertaining and rewarding. :twisted:

Crapaud

One Man And His Bike wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

pedylan wrote:

... Don't speak it it just encourages the tw@ts.

+1

Another good tactic is to listen intently while they witter on and, when they're finished, ask as sincerely as you can manage, "What does that mean?" 9 out of 10 will waffle 'cos they don't know - or they know that it doesn't mean anything. It can be funny to watch.

Tw@tting them upside the head with a dictionary works better, far more entertaining and rewarding. :twisted:

Nice one. We're developing a range of 'coping strategies'.

desweller

Crapaud wrote:

One Man And His Bike wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

pedylan wrote:

... Don't speak it it just encourages the tw@ts.

+1

Another good tactic is to listen intently while they witter on and, when they're finished, ask as sincerely as you can manage, "What does that mean?" 9 out of 10 will waffle 'cos they don't know - or they know that it doesn't mean anything. It can be funny to watch.

Tw@tting them upside the head with a dictionary works better, far more entertaining and rewarding. :twisted:

Nice one. We're developing a range of 'coping strategies'.

It's good that we're getting a handle on these issues.

EDIT: Some amusing things do arise from this crap though. Possibly due to having spent too long in the senior management meeting one morning, my boss, when relating it to us, did describe one argument as being 'like World War Three reenacted'. We still mock him for it 18 months later...

sheffsimon

bompington wrote:

SheffSimon wrote:

bompington wrote:

Anyone who verbs a noun, or even worse an adjective, can negative my mental equilibrium situation pretty fast

Not sure, but haven't you just done that here?? Isn't "verb" a noun, or some kind of noun??

You awarenessed that very well, but you didn't realise that I was just humourising.

Ands

simon2names wrote:

Some examples 'put on my radar', 'secret source' - as in what's our winning formula (i think, never did get that one, could be secret sauce i guess), other's include working in silos - something about working in isolation and not communicating with colleagues.

Oh no I use that all the time at work. :oops:
Harmonising synergies....I have been wondering about this one for about 12 years.

Stone Glider

Coping Strategies:

All too frequently, we would be visited by a d***head from Regional Office; not always the same d***head, they had a variety of 'heads. We all had to assemble in the largest room (mine) to hear the the lastest itteration of Truth. I pinned an egg box label on the notice board and at appropiate moments, we all turned to look at the label to remind ourselves how to suck eggs.