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(1). To allegedly focus on an assigned task (or, at least, to tell your boss you’re focusing on an assigned task).
“Oh…hi, Tim…yep, we’re actioning that budget analysis right now. That noise in the background that sounds like a bar? No, that’s just CNBC on the TV…”
(1). To try to find out what a company’s really all about. Turns out, they do way less than they say they do … and cost way more.
“Look, Tom, this is all great stuff, but we really need to go behind the website here to find out what we’d really be paying for. Sounds like a lot of ‘will do’s’ but not a lot of ‘can do’s’ to me.”
(1). Yet another way to tell someone you aren’t going to do any more work than you absolutely have to.
“Sorry, Ned…I just don’t have the bandwidth right now to take on any more accounts. Hey, I’ve got an idea, why don’t you start working a 40-hour week? That might do it!”
