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(1). Something your boss doesn’t want to have to do … ever. So, keep it simple, stupid.
“Look, Jim … sounds like a great idea, but you really need to flesh out these requirements a bit more before we can propose this as a new project. We can’t have our development team doing a lot of mental detective work to try to figure out what you’re driving at.”
(1). The list of clients being off-boarded after you fire that lousy third-party service provider of yours.
“So, Vish, it looks like we have about 400 accounts we’ll need to include in the flight plan. Given the level of service we ‘ve been getting for the last couple of years, I’m thinking no termination fee. Your thoughts?”
(1). A term used to describe a low-margin business unit (see keep the lights on) which will never, ever be a major profit center, resulting in mediocre pay for its staff, further resulting in mediocre staff.
“Urinal-mint manufacturing is a bread and butter business, people. We may not be flashy, but we’ll always be able to say that business doesn’t stink.”
