action man...
sporadic post number 2...I'm struggling with the corporate nature of the new job & all its associated 'buzz'...for example:
Me: Hey Anna, can you give me a hand with these messenger settings?
Anna: Yes, sure. Did you get the email about that?
Me: Yes....
A: So, did you action that?
Me: (internally)...what the fuck?...does she mean 'did I do that'?
(externally)...ah, no...
A: You really should action those emails immediately to keep your settings up to date...
Now I'm new to all this kinda buzzword crap, but it is very bizarre...'action' will soon be used all over the planet in its new grating, gut-jarring form...what sick person started this? Today I got an email discussing a "significant downward trend" in "individual productivity", while one of the people in the office was yabbering on all afternoon about "closing the deal"...sheesh! I'm out of my depth here...I'm a babe in arms compared to these hard-bitten hacks...I obviously need to lift my game or maybe even 'step up to the plate'....gag...
Other shit...(I'm over talking about The Job)...went up to Bris-vegas (yeah any excuse to use that name!) & saw 'Cirque du Soleil' with my Mum, J & The Kid last w/end....pretty damn impressive stuff...& you've gotta admit their marketing arm has been honed to a razor edge as well...any spin-off, from t-shirts to faux ceramic masks were up for sale at some nice inflated prices. Now I now I gripe about nearly everything, & yes they came all they way from Montreal just to entertain 'we the people'...but it really shits me at these 'events' that they take the opportunity to blatantly gouge the shit out of people (many of who are families with 2 or more kids) for this crap...I've gotta problem with paying $4.50 for a bottle of water I know they bought off the pallette for about 40 cents...yep a 1000% markup...same applied to all the other crap there too...my thrifty nature was sorely tested i can tell you!
Other: 'tHE dIVINERS' (Rick Moody) is nearly finished...what a book! I gotta read more of his stuff; scored the wonderful Life Without Buildings CD in a bargain bin for $5 yesterday...I forgot what a great album this is...a fine thing indeedy; The Kids end of year musical performance included a Misfits and AC/DC cover by one young girl...very entertaining indeedy & we even escaped before the recorders hit the stage!
Ummmmmmmmmmmm...i've run outta steam....later
posted by i at 9:55 PM
3 Comments:
That Life Without Buildings CD will NEVER lose its edge. And just you wait. Soon you'll be gagging when you hear the term "let's UNPACK the idea". That's the one that really PISSES me off. And the word 'paradigm' used tirelessly whenever possible. And let your Brisvegas excursion be a lesson to you. Take your water with you. Can you action that?
(...and did the 6FU dvd arrive yet?)
6:14 PM
yes it did arrive & we ain't watched any ...yet. Too busy! I do look forward to 'unpacking the idea'...thers'a good chance when i got to Bris next week (again! culture overload!)...with our office George Clooney lookalike to do some surveys & (gag) 'meet the team' in the brisbane (head) office...what do I say - 'nice suits guys'?...maybe I better unpack a few ideas of my own! & yes I am very lame & haven't looked at Miaow in ages...guilty as charged...
11:23 PM
So are you ever using this blog again or what? Took me ages to find it again - ended up searching under "celebrity band names" as I couldnt' remember your blog persona. If you want to talk Wank Word Bingo - you should come to my work. Sometimes I read shit and it's like a bunch of words just randomly thrown on a page. "Synergise" is a popular one, as is "functionality" (which I can just about tolerate in the IT world but unforgivable anywhere else) often used in sentences like "we need to realign for a better functionality and fit, to synergise our roles". Try also "our paddock is narrow", "at the end of the day", "core business", "deliverables" (comma, "key")and "tasking" (rather than asking) people to do things...need I go on? Vic
8:52 PM
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