(1). A last minute scramble to deal with an artificially-created emergency, usually occurring at approximately four o’clock on a Friday afternoon and whose successful completion results in zero thanks and several missed trains.
(1). To habitually create a crisis where none truly exists.
“What? Lou said we have a huge accounting error in our quarterly earnings report? I’m sure it’s fine. Lou just likes to cry wolf to bring attention to himself.”
“I’m so sick of all these people showrooming our stuff and then going and buying it on Amazon! Don’t they realize that our expertise in helping them select the right HDMI cables to buy is worth the 40% markup?!”