The Silliest Phrases
Win-Win: Well, then why don't we call it a tie? Or a draw? What's with the tendency towards hyphens anyway? Some cynics say Win-Lose under their breaths.Win-Win is used to ensure that there is no room for doubt amongst the audience. Everything is peachy-keen, better than ever before, no questions asked, thank you very much. It's gonna be a win-win for everyone involved bellows CEO of megalithic technology company; uhhh, I wonder how many other people agree. And, I just want to know who gets the trophy?
Ownership: You never want to be on the receiving end of ownership. It smells rotten egg, doomed failure, excess crapola, the job no one else wants to have to do, I want it out of my hands now, and I'm gonna pass it on over to you, you thankless sort, and, lucky you, now you're owner of it. That means that you have lawful claim to it. And now you're handcuffed to all of it's failures, shortcomings, and warts. Ohhhh, boy! This is responsibility I could do without.
Bandwidth: If you don't watch out, they might auction your time away. Now, that's a concept. What's it worth? Who owns it? Nobody knows….
Synergy: I'm so sick of this word that I'm hoping if I ignore it, it will go away.
Phase Two: Because there was no way in hell that the web developers could assemble all the bells and whistles with a "go live" date only 2 months away. What? Did you say online ordering and secure transactions? We'll get to that in Phase 2. Which means, thank goodness, we've still got a number of deliverables along the pike. Ohhh, and an AOL site, too?
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