Seems like my last post on office lingo was pretty popular! I can't believe within 2 weeks later I have another list!
Decide for yourself which is your favourite.
7) Kick the tyres
What it means: do checks (apparently you kick your tyres to check if they are ok?)
"Guys I know you are keen to move to the next stage of the project. But are you sure stage 1 is ok? You kicked the tyres yet?"
8) Take a bath
What it means: ???
This is similar to the "Come to Jesus talk". I have no idea. Office lingo is going up another level these days. We were again in a meeting when one of the MDs said "If we know we are in for the long haul (in the context of doing business with a client), you gotta take a bath first!"
What it means to me: Probably hinting the other guy next to him to take a bath. Nobody likes to sit beside a guy with BO...
9) Steal candy from a baby
What it means: literally stealing candy from a baby (what a mean thing to do!)
"Guys, we are being too nice here. What's stopping us from going to the clients boldly and giving them solutions? We need to have more wins! Other companies are doing the same. It's like stealing candies from a baby. Who cares?!"
Uh oh. Seems like someone was in a bad mood that day. My team mate said "Not sure about this but I ain't letting him near my kid for sure!"
10) Squeeze the balloon
What it means: [still figuring it out]
We all were in the same meeting. Checking with my team mate afterwards on what he thought it meant, we all came out with different interpretations. It's the beauty of having meetings isn't it? I'll let you figure it out:
A: "We are reviewing some client names and their priorities at the moment.."
B: "Wait, the other team is also doing it.. can you explain what are you reviewing?"
A: "Well you know the other day for client XYZ we were asked to change the priority from 2 to 3 because there is limited business with XYZ going forward (yes another fav phrase "going forward").
B: "Hold on, hold on… we can't just change it just because someone asked for it. Has anyone approved it? See that's the reason why I had asked the other team to review the process properly. Otherwise we are just squeezing the balloon."
My interpretation: We don't want to shift the client names from one bracket to the other; need proper review and approval
My colleague's interpretation: Too many people doing the same thing i.e. reviewing client priorities. Don't want to put more pressure on the process otherwise the balloon might burst!
Awesome.
Decide for yourself which is your favourite.
7) Kick the tyres
What it means: do checks (apparently you kick your tyres to check if they are ok?)
"Guys I know you are keen to move to the next stage of the project. But are you sure stage 1 is ok? You kicked the tyres yet?"
8) Take a bath
What it means: ???
This is similar to the "Come to Jesus talk". I have no idea. Office lingo is going up another level these days. We were again in a meeting when one of the MDs said "If we know we are in for the long haul (in the context of doing business with a client), you gotta take a bath first!"
What it means to me: Probably hinting the other guy next to him to take a bath. Nobody likes to sit beside a guy with BO...
9) Steal candy from a baby
What it means: literally stealing candy from a baby (what a mean thing to do!)
"Guys, we are being too nice here. What's stopping us from going to the clients boldly and giving them solutions? We need to have more wins! Other companies are doing the same. It's like stealing candies from a baby. Who cares?!"
Uh oh. Seems like someone was in a bad mood that day. My team mate said "Not sure about this but I ain't letting him near my kid for sure!"
10) Squeeze the balloon
What it means: [still figuring it out]
We all were in the same meeting. Checking with my team mate afterwards on what he thought it meant, we all came out with different interpretations. It's the beauty of having meetings isn't it? I'll let you figure it out:
A: "We are reviewing some client names and their priorities at the moment.."
B: "Wait, the other team is also doing it.. can you explain what are you reviewing?"
A: "Well you know the other day for client XYZ we were asked to change the priority from 2 to 3 because there is limited business with XYZ going forward (yes another fav phrase "going forward").
B: "Hold on, hold on… we can't just change it just because someone asked for it. Has anyone approved it? See that's the reason why I had asked the other team to review the process properly. Otherwise we are just squeezing the balloon."
My interpretation: We don't want to shift the client names from one bracket to the other; need proper review and approval
My colleague's interpretation: Too many people doing the same thing i.e. reviewing client priorities. Don't want to put more pressure on the process otherwise the balloon might burst!
Awesome.
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