I did not get the memo where jumping the shark hit the wall & was thrown under the bus

Bucky

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Wed May-27-09 01:47 PM
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I did not get the memo where jumping the shark hit the wall & was thrown under the bus

Perhaps I have empathy fatigue.

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sharp_stick

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Wed May-27-09 01:50 PM
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1. But

at the end of the day the bottom line is we all have to stand outside and salute what we run up the flagpole after thinking outside the box and de averaging our internal processes.

Whew, that was a long one. I should use that the next time we have upper management come around for a meeting.

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rurallib

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Wed May-27-09 01:56 PM
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5. Many years ago I was being interviewed for a promotion where I worked

and one of the management interviewers asked me why I did not use 'current business jargon' (the hot button words in vogue at the time) when I sent emails or led meetings. I told him that I felt such words really have no meaning and I preferred to use tried and true words that had established meanings to express what I needed to. No sense confusing people with words that are meant to convey nothing. He started yelling at me in his response. I told him I could use hot words, but then I would have to explain what they meant in that context.
Yes I did get the job.

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tularetom

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Wed May-27-09 02:13 PM
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12. But did you like the job after you got it?

Or did you have to conform to the lazy persons habit of talking like an asshole?

I faced a similar situation. Nobody had the guts to come out and tell me I had to use words like that but the implications were pretty clear. Eventually I put up little signs on my office door ridiculing the use of buzz words. I was in a position where they couldn't fire me but they reassigned me to a job where I had literally no responsibility. At first I thought I had outsmarted the system but after a year I got so bored I quit and found another job.

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rurallib

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Wed May-27-09 04:10 PM
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13. I was already doing the job and it was pretty technical so it would

Edited on Wed May-27-09 04:12 PM by rurallib

have been hard for them to turn me down.
ETA - I was in a rare situation. Had I not been I would probably spoke buzz word

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PassingFair

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Wed May-27-09 02:12 PM
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11. I like the cut of your jib....have your girl call my girl and we'll set something up.

Failure is not an option.

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azmouse

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Wed May-27-09 01:51 PM
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2. That only happened after its feet were held to the fire

causing it to march in lockstep.

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jkshaw

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Wed May-27-09 01:51 PM
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3. Bucky, I really like the picture introducing your sig line.

Did you create that?

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Bucky

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Wed May-27-09 02:01 PM
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8. faceyourmanga.com

http://www.faceyourmanga.com/

Takes while to navigate around and get started. Leave about 20-30 minutes on your schedule to do it right. Toughest part is getting the jaw line right.

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jobycom

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Wed May-27-09 01:55 PM
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4. You think inside the box and so missed the paradigm shift a propos of the new reality

vis a vis the evolving ideation of the current human asset subset.

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AspenRose

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Wed May-27-09 01:58 PM
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6. mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them

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tularetom

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Wed May-27-09 01:58 PM
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7. You have clearly embraced

Edited on Wed May-27-09 02:00 PM by tularetom

the dominant paradigm.

And you must continue to search for a window of opportunity to effect a win win solution.

Just spitballing here.

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PassingFair

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Wed May-27-09 02:05 PM
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9. This is the LAST STRAW. You have clearly pushed the envelope. You sir, are...

beyond the pale!

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Adelante

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Wed May-27-09 02:09 PM
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10. Talk me DOWN

Thanks.

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