http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/22/a-z-modern-office-jargonObviously we've all dealt with this, and obvious we all to a man think that these terms are only ever unironically used by complete tossers, but I'm just wondering what are your best anecdotes about having been subjected to them, and what your reactions were?
I'll start - I was once very nearly sacked on the spot for this - I got an email from the training team in the call centre where I worked, which requested that from then on, for each call we took, we had to look for the solution to whatever problem in the database, even if we already knew what the solution was. This was bad enough, but to add insult to injury the wording wasn't "look it up", it was "positively interface with the knowledge toolset".
I had just been told that I would soon be expected to re-apply for my own job, so I wasn't feeling all that co-operative. I sent a group reply which also included the general floor manager, which basically implied that the only reason we had a training team was to teach everyone a raft of obscure bullshit jargon, and asking if they wanted me to do the job I was hired to do or follow the new instructions the management were handing down on a daily basis, because the two were mutually exclusive, and maybe we could cut a few costs here and there if we looked into getting rid of people whose job it was to invent more work for people who were already too busy.
It wasn't well-received.
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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Maybe @VimFuego's faux-pas was because ED also stands for Erectile Dysfunction, which might have been a sore point with some of those managers
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Being resistant to the new is a good thing though, it shows people how adaptable you are and your capability of communicating with others on their terms.
No one likes a show off, do they
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Those that are uncrackable, and thus no fun at all, I endeavour to avoid.
our "supervisor" thinks abbreviating everything makes hi sound intelligent.
he just sounds like a thick twat who doesn't actually know what he's talking about.
so to send parts back we have to do a PTR*, fill out a RF** and do a MP***
*permission to return
**returns form
***minus purchase
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Teaching is lousy with acronyms - once you've worked out which kids in a group are G&T, EAL, SEN (for which they can be SA or SAP)or BESD (as notified by the LEA or SENCO) you need to check their IAP in order to assign their ELP, which you then communicate to your assigned LSA or LST to try to avoid those with a PSP being removed to the LSU.
I'd love it if I was joking, or even exaggerating. I'm not.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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