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(1). Something you build into the system to warn those morons in the business that they are about to bring down the company by punching the wrong keys.
“Oh, don’t worry about that … we’ve put a soft block with a dialogue box before letting you change those kinds of account parameters. Because, you know, everyone reads pop-up dialogue boxes.”
(1). An expression used to imply that you have been dealing with crises all day, in an attempt to (1) passive-aggressively complain about your job, (2) make yourself seem more important than you actually are, or (3) avoid taking on more work.
“Man, the bigger clients I almost exclusively work on are so demanding! I’ve been putting out fires all afternoon. I wish I worked on smaller, less meaningful clients like you, Jaime. My life would be so much easier!”
(1). A way to say “we haven’t made any progress” without actually saying “we haven’t made any progress”.
“As to our penetration into the fast-moving app space, we continue to make strides in that arena. We’re looking for the coming fiscal year to be a major contributor to the growth cycle of that part of our business.”
