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(1). To quit your job after learning (or strongly suspecting) your company is going down.
“So, I heard Aaron jumped ship last week. That’s the second guy to go in the last two weeks! And guess who’s getting all their accounts? Go on, guess!”
(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). A euphemism for “my old job” used by people trying to make it look like they have way more experience than they really do.
“In my former life, I used to manage a team responsible for lavatory paper management. It was a lot of responsibility, but I think I handled the pressures of leadership fairly well.”
