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| It is in process - So wrapped up in red tape that the situation is
almost hopeless. We will look into it - By the time the wheel makes a full turn, we assume you will have forgotten about it too. A Program - Any assignment that can't be completed by one telephone call. Expedite - To confound confusion with commotion? Channels - be trail left by the interoffice memo. Coordinator - me guy who has a desk between two expeditors. Consultant (or Expert) - Any ordinary guy more than 50 miles from home. To Activate - To make carbons and add more names to the memo. To Inplement a Program - Hire more people and expand the office. Under Consideration - Never heard of it. Under Active Consideration - We're looking in the files for it. A Meeting - A mass mulling by master minds. A Conference - A place where conversation is substituted for the dreariness of labor and the loneliness of thought. To Negotiate - To seek a meeting of minds without knocking together of heads. Re-orientation - Getting used to working again. Reliable Source - The guy you just met. Informed Source - The guy who told the guy you just met. Unimpeachable Source - The guy who started the rumor originally. A Clarification - To fill in the background with so many details that the foreground goes underground. We Are Making A Survey - We need more time to think of an answer. Note and Initial - Let's spread the responsibility for this. See Me, or Let's Discuss - Come down to my office, I'm lonesome. Let's Get Together on This - I'm assuming you're as confused as I am. Give Us the Benefit of Your Present Thinking - We'll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn't interfere with what we've already decided to do. To Give Someone the Picture - A long, confused and inaccurate statement to a newcomer. Will Advise You in Due Course - If we figure it out, we'll let you know. |
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