(1). How fancy, snooty business men concluded meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently conclude meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
New Business
Old Business
(1). How fancy, snooty business men began meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently begin meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
Silo
(1). To split your people into departments in order to operate more efficiently…and to get the weirdos on your staff as far away from clients as possible.
“I think we’re big enough now that we should consider silo-ing off some special functions. Hey Sam, how would you like to run the new Copying and Printing Department?”
RANDOM LINGO
Work Hard, Play Hard
(1). A statement usually made by the person in your office that historically has done neither.
“Hey guys, I didn’t get a chance to finish up those reports you needed, anyways, anyone wanna hit TGI Fridays with me? Work Hard, Play Hard, am I right?”
(2). Something lonely Jackie from Accounting says in her Facebook status update on Saturday nights before she heads out to The Olive Garden with “the girls”.
Update – Saturday February 22nd 2014, 5:37 PM: “Never ending pasta and bread sticks? Count me hungry! Heading out with the girls after a long week of work. Work Hard, Play Hard!!”
(3). A statement used by stock brokers (emphasis on the “bro”) when they want to blow off some steam after a week of “totally crushing it”.
“We totally crushed it this week bro, let’s head over to Off The Wagon and hit on some NYU freshmen! Work Hard, Play Harder bro!!”