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(1). A small, unprofitable piece of business your sales guy convinces you to take, claiming “there’s a lot of money behind this one.”
“Yeah, I know the fee on this one doesn’t even cover our cost, but this is a call option opportunity. This guy tells us his company’s going public soon – no, he didn’t say when – and we’ll already be in there when it does!”
(1). An awkward, and ultimately heated, exchange where someone inevitably says something wildly inappropriate, often ending the conversation with a call to HR.
“Yeah, so … let’s just say it was a diplomatically-challenged conversation from start to finish. I don’t think Mike is going to be going on any more client calls anytime soon.”
(1). A request or demand for a meeting (see pow wow) by an over-caffeinated middle manager to his much younger employees in a vain attempt to appear hip.
