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(1). An forced acknowledgement by one of your vendors that they’ve been gouging you for years. They’ll give you a little discount to promote the strong inertia pulling you to stay with them for at least one more year of excellent service!
“Sure, Rita … we’ll take a look at our engagement to see if we can find you a little fee relief. I have to say, though, we’re operating at breakeven as it is, so ….”
(1). A term coined in the 90’s used to describe working from home or other remote location.
(2). Sitting on your couch and checking email from your phone every 15 minutes while playing Skyrim.
“Hey you guys catch that episode of Twin Peaks on Monday? I taped it and watched it on my new VCR while I was telecommuting yesterday. That show is crazy, it’s never going off the air!”
(1). A way to describe virtually everyone in a meeting where the new boss says he’s going to “turn this ship around” by “identifying efficiencies“. By the way, you’re all going to be fired.
“So, after Alex went into his bit about ‘we’re going to make us the Bank One of banks’, all I saw was a bunch of nodding heads in the room. I didn’t have the heart to say anything, so I just nodded my head, too.”
