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(1). A proposal or suggestion for something that your boss is never, ever going to agree to.
“Sorry, Ted. Adding another body in Operations is a non-starter. If this system enhancement is going to move forward, you guys are going to need to allocate your resources a little better.”
(1). Those useless reports on who does what, how many customers they work with, and so on, and so forth…. The upside: It keeps whole departments of analysts employed. God Bless America (and/or India)!
“So, Jeremy ran the metrics on our regional sales teams. It turns out we have more customers in densely-populated areas than in rural ones. Go figure.”
(1). Having so many things to do, that you end up at the bar around the corner, having done none of them.
alt. death by a thousand paper cuts (for you pencil-pushing office rats out there)
“Dammit, Greg! This project is like death by a thousand cuts! I have so many to-do’s on my list, I don’t even know which one to do first! Arghh!” (window breaking… …thud… …)
