Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
BINGO!
(A couple years ago I was in charge of the support functions for a conference with multiple govt and military speakers, so I put Bullshit Bingo cards (renamed Bureaucracy Bingo) on the backs of all the programs to give people something to do during the speeches.)
Do you still have the list of terms?
I think today was supposed to be a 6 hours day for me. That's obviously happening, but only 8 hours is kind of a treat lately, so I'll take it.
ugh new report from my parents' place. Currently 16 staff out positive. 4 residents' tests from Monday are positive. They have cancelled housekeeping in the apartments for the time being.
Oh my. Continuing ~ma
Do you still have the list of terms?
Somewhere, I will look for it. It was the usuals: leverage, synergy, center of excellence, etc. There were a few that turn out to be fairly unique to this demographic ("let's circle the wagons" misused to mean "let's get together and coordinate on that;" "the camel's nose under the tent;" "azimuth check;" and "tour d' horizon;" "close to the flagpole") but most were business drivel (KPIs, playbook, dodged a bullet).
My favorite jargon joke is renaming silos "cylinders of excellence."
ugh new report from my parents' place. Currently 16 staff out positive. 4 residents' tests from Monday are positive. They have cancelled housekeeping in the apartments for the time being.
Ooof. Continued good thoughts.
I’ve never heard those last few starting with the camels nose. What do those even mean?
Camel's nose is a variation on "thin end of the wedge."
I can't remember the source, but I seem to recall hearing about this phrase used in all earnestness: "We must strategize our conformity."
The jargon convo reminds me that Google recently notified me they were making some change to something (Drive, maybe, one of those cloud things I use all the time and don’t think about a lot) to better align with industry standards and I was just so affronted. You used to be cool, Google. You didn’t let anyone else set standards, you made up your own. What happened to you, man?