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(1). Somewhere hot and humid where labor costs are more than reasonable.
“That’s right…we’ve just recently expanded our center of excellence in Bangalore. Now we have even more “Steve from Dallas”-es ready to tell all of our customers to turn their computers off and then back on again!”
(1). The woman in the office that you currently are, or want to be, engaged in an extramarital affair with.
(2). The female counterpart to a work husband. She’s that hot new intern you just met a few months ago, or the long time colleague that you spend way too many late nights with at the office. You tell her why your wife or girlfriend is making you unhappy, and she is that comforting force that makes everything ok. Until you guys get caught and it’s totally not ok because you pretty much will lose everything you really care about….I mean, it’s probably worth it if its the hot new intern, but….nope totally worth it.
“Hey Ted, you and Karen got a little something going on over there huh? She’s like your work wife. By the way, I am not sure if you noticed, but Betty has been posting these weird things on Facebook that are totally geared towards you.”
(1). To lead some project or effort in hopes it gets you some sliver of recognition. It won’t. It will help the career of the guy who assigned it to you, though.
“Team, we’re going to focus on updating our client contact information database this summer. Fred here has graciously volunteered to spearhead the effort. I’ll be happy to report progress to management, of course. In the meantime, I’ll be sailing to the Virgin Islands, but should be available on BB if anyone needs me.”
