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To: koi who wrote (8563)	1/25/1999 10:30:00 PM
From: emidio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Latest terms to add to your business vocabulary: >>> >>> Assmosis - The process by which some people seem to absorb success and >advancement by kissing up to the boss >>> >>> Blamestorming - Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was >missed or a project failed and who was responsible >>> >>> Seagull Manager - A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, shits >>> over everything and then leaves >>> >>> Blowing your buffer - Losing your train of thought >>> >>> Salmon day - The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream >only to get screwed and die in the end > >>> Chainsaw consultant - An outside expert brought in to reduce the >>> employee headcount, leaving the brass with clean hands >>> >>> Adminisphere - The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above >the rank and file Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often >profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were >>> designed to solve >>> >>> Keyboard Plaque - The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on >>> computer keyboards >>> >>> Ohnosecond - That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that >you've just made a BIG mistake >>> >>> Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an >>> electronic device to get it to work again >>> >>> Prairie Dogging - When someone yells or drops something loudly in a >>> "cube farm" (an office full of cubicles) and everyone's heads pop up