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(1). The deceptive practice of enticing a new customer with empty promises (read: low fees) only to spring the real deal on them after it’s too late for them to back out.
“What is this, some kind of bait and switch? You’re sign says ‘All You Can Eat’ and, goddamnit, I want more shrimp!”
(1). To be given an extremely tight deadline to get something to a client, only to end up sitting around for weeks afterward while the client decides what they want to do.
“Well, Jeff, the client called and thanked us for getting the documents out to them, but told me they are having a meeting about them next week, so we won’t hear anything until after that…hurry up and wait, right?”
(1). A term coined by Kevin Ashton in 2009 that speaks to the concept of machines talking to machines and learning our habits so that less waste and loss is created. While this is a great idea in theory, it’s basically saying that one day refrigerators, toasters, televisions, etc. will eventually revolt against the human race and take over the world. I don’t know about you, but I have no problem opening my refrigerator, seeing I am out of eggs, and then going to the store to restock said eggs.
(2). Skynet.
“Hey Steve, you hear about this Internet of Things stuff? Google’s acquisition of Nest is going to change the way we talk to our devices! Everything is going to be connected and I’ll never run out of toilet paper again! What? So the device has to be connected to the internet? Hmm…there has to be a company somewhere in Japan that has an internet-enabled toilet. Ok, we’re going off the rails a bit here, but once I find or invent that toilet, life is gonna be great!”
