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Hungary Jack wrote:

wart57 wrote:"Teaching moment" Don't tell me that [expletive], just tell me I [expletive] up and tell me to try not to [expletive] up again. I am not 12.

It's "teachable moment."

Case in point.

Get on board, Wart. We need your A game.

That's referred to here as "coaching."

I've been coached several times... Most recently a month or so ago when I woke up so drunk that I realized I couldn't drive to work so I texted my bosses (I have two of them) telling them I was sick and that I would try to come in later. I came in at noon still completely hungover. My boss told me I'd been working my ass off for the past two years, so "I owe you about a hundred 'Get Out of Jail Free' cards, so consider this a coaching and usage of one of those cards."

Swirls wrote:

Hungary Jack wrote:

wart57 wrote:"Teaching moment" Don't tell me that [expletive], just tell me I [expletive] up and tell me to try not to [expletive] up again. I am not 12.

It's "teachable moment."

Case in point.

Get on board, Wart. We need your A game.

That's referred to here as "coaching."

I've been coached several times... Most recently a month or so ago when I woke up so drunk that I realized I couldn't drive to work so I texted my bosses (I have two of them) telling them I was sick and that I would try to come in later. I came in at noon still completely hungover. My boss told me I'd been working my ass off for the past two years, so "I owe you about a hundred 'Get Out of Jail Free' cards, so consider this a coaching and usage of one of those cards."

You have a wise Coach.

Swirls wrote:
I've been coached several times... Most recently a month or so ago when I woke up so drunk ...

First chuckle of the day.

Leverage/d.

Leverage this, leverage that, when did the verb "use" become insufficient?

This word is a virus. It was fine as long as it was restricted to corporate memos and power point presentations but now it's infecting journalism.

G. Keenan wrote:Leverage/d.

Leverage this, leverage that, when did the verb "use" become insufficient?

This word is a virus. It was fine as long as it was restricted to corporate memos and power point presentations but now it's infecting journalism.

Guilty on this one. I always talk to clients about "leveraging your investment" in such and such.

Parallel path. I'm really really starting to hate that one.

On my 2011 performance review last month, there was a comment where "At times Swirls has shown a tendency to work tasks in a series approach where a more parallel approach is warranted."

The gist of what we mean by series/parallel is (like in electrical circuits) in terms of an emergent issue at hand. There could be several possible solutions to the problem - I tend to focus on the most likely solution and ignore the others until it succeeds or fails. If it fails, then I go to the next path with the best chance of success. They want me to work a whole [expletive] of possible solution paths all at once. I hate doing this because it ultimately pisses off vendors and other people when you have them jump through hoops to meet your demands for everything and then end up going a different direction.

I'm pretty sure I heard the term "leverage" used during the NCAA coverage.

G. Keenan wrote:Leverage/d.

Leverage this, leverage that, when did the verb "use" become insufficient?

This word is a virus. It was fine as long as it was restricted to corporate memos and power point presentations but now it's infecting journalism.

What about using it in reference to the way a manager uses his bullpen? I approve of that kind of usage of "leverage".

I don't want to get into too much detail, but lately I've been exposed to "ideation sessions". You know when people use the word "ideation"? When it's in reference to suicide. "Suicidal ideation". Not for a [expletive] thing at work.

"High-energy team players to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment"

That description appears in 99.9% of job listings.

I found out the other day "Ah [expletive] me" is not appropriate corporate speak.