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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). A term lazy employees in open-space seating use to justify the hours they spend turned around in their chairs, talking to the people sitting around them about everything except work.
“Hey, boss. Oh, Mike and I were just teaming about the Huntzberger account. No…I don’t think the part about the movie I watched last night on Skinemax was relevant to the discussion…”
(1). A conference call used to accomplish something for which a three-word email would have worked just fine.
“Okay, sounds good…let’s just schedule a quick touch-base call next Tuesday to check up on status…I’ll send out the meeting request.”
