I die inside, just a little, when I see emails that contain something like this:
“Time to synch up on the Phase 2 timelines and deliverables. We need to keep up the momentum, we need to recalibrate and synch up.”
Timelines, deliverables, recaliberate, sync up.
Good God. You total cock.
Instead of smacking the twat in the face, why not send him “Bullfighter” freeware from http://www.fightthebull.com/bullfighter.asp.
It’s a bit like a spellchecker but it searches for jargon and other management-speak shite and gives a score.
Even better, you can send the writer an anonymous message from the Mystery Matador:
“Copy and paste their email or any other document into the website and Bullfighter will measure the jargon and verbosity.
Press ‘Send’ and that person will be sent an email with a link to their score. It’s fast, free, simple, anonymous.”
I particularly like “recalibrate”. Bet he never even thinks about what he is saying.
Any word on whether any synergy will be happening? Do like a little synergy now and again, when I sync up.
Ben - great link .. thanks, alas, we cannot install anything on our machines here at work.