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,
craps on
everything,
and then
leaves.
ASSMOSIS:
The process
by which
some people
seem to
absorb
success and
advancement
by kissing
up to the
boss rather
than working
hard.
SALMON DAY:
The
experience
of spending
an entire
day swimming
upstream
only to get
screwed and
die in the
end.
CUBE
FARM:
An office
filled with
cubicles.
PRAIRIE
DOGGING:
When someone
yells or
drops
something
loudly in
a cube farm,
and people's
heads pop up
over the
walls to see
what's
going on.
MOUSE POTATO:
The on-line,
wired
generation's
answer to
the
couch
potato.
SITCOMS:
Single
Income, Two
Children,
Oppressive
Mortgage.
What
yuppies turn
into when
they have
children
and
one of them
stops
working
to stay home
with the
kids.
STRESS PUPPY:
A person who
seems to
thrive on
being
stressed out
and whiney.
SWIPEOUT:
An ATM or
credit card
that has
been
rendered
useless
because the
magnetic
strip is
worn away
from
extensive
use.
IRRITAINMENT:
Entertainment
and media
spectacles
that are
annoying but
you find
yourself
unable to
stop
watching
them.
The O.J.
trials were
a prime
example.
PERCUSSIVE
MAINTENANCE:
The fine art
of whacking
the crap out
of
an
electronic
device to
get it to
work again.
OHNOSECOND:
That
minuscule
fraction of
time in
which you
realize
that you've
just made a
BIG mistake
CROP
DUSTING:
Surreptitiously
farting
while
passing thru
a cube farm
and then
enjoying the
sounds of
dismay and
disgust.