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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 gimmick crafted by the devil himself (Staples) to give people who frequent American Idol concerts and display Troll Dolls on their desks a reason to talk about how hard their job is.
(2). A plastic red button that people display on their desk as an unfunny, out of date conversation piece.
“Oh man, I can’t believe how much work I have to get done today! Wish I had an easy button to just do it for me! I’ll bet ya Phil Phillips doesn’t have work like this! Kelly Clarkson?? She has people doing it for her!! Cat Deeley is so pretty…..”
(1). All of that “standard” mumbo jumbo lawyers stick into contracts and other legal documents, usually without thought and often with negative consequences.
“Okay, so Frank, you agree that if you and Rachel get divorced, you need to pay her blah, blah, blah … then blah, blah, blah … you can just skip past pages 3 through 78, it’s all just a bunch of boilerplate legal stuff. If you could just sign on page 79, we can still make our reservation at Le Bernardin.”
