Corporate America talk

[CexMashean]

I suppose I've miss understood the word " ping " in that context. I've always thought of it more as a ping in sonar. "Craizie, can you ping Magnus about the shut the fuck up project?" I take it to mean see where Magnus is at with the project. it has also been used to see where you were physically located. "Ping that cock tease Magnus, he's been out of pocket all day."

Everyone I've seen talk about it specifically mean to just message someone. Maybe for status on something, maybe to see where we're having lunch at. Like "Hey, can you ping Craizie and ask if he's still taking glory hole appointments" or "I'm going to ping Craizie and find out why he drives under the speed limit in the left lane."

[BLAKE]

lol, I think "glory hole appointments" are called "customer service opportunities".

[CexMashean]

What if I don't care how you contact them, just do it? It's a nice catch all. I don't see what's so offensive about it.

You're someone who says ping, aren't you?

[slow99]

"Contact" is way too obvious, I guess.

[WhiteMach1]

make sure to get your TPS reports submitted on time.
don't want to have a meeting with the Bobs.

[Unicorn Jeff]

I still flip my shit when someone refers to an instant message as a "ping".

"Hey, could you ping Mike and see if he knows what time the meeting is?"

No, no I can't ping Mike.

That and people saying direct message... pisses me off.

Do you want me to ping his desktop to see if he's still on the network?

[BLAKE]

You're someone who says ping, aren't you?

Sometimes. It's easy, it's efficient, and I don't employ crybabies so nobody minds.

[Craizie]

Everyone I've seen talk about it specifically mean to just message someone. Maybe for status on something, maybe to see where we're having lunch at. Like "Hey, can you ping Craizie and ask if he's still taking glory hole appointments" or "I'm going to ping Craizie and find out why he drives under the speed limit in the left lane."

Glory hole is first come first serve now. I can't keep track of all the appointments and suck their dicks, ya know?

I'd road rage on my own dumb ass if I found myself driving under the speed limit in the left lane.

[helosailor]

Fuck all of that double-speak. Use common English words and phrases.

On a related note, use this handy tool for all emails, you know, for team-building synergy.
http://www.atrixnet.com/bs-generator.html

[BP]

Let me know when you get to participate in a kaizen and the followup town hall meetings.

[CexMashean]

"Round table" meetings.

[GeorgeG.]

Our buzzwords flying around our department right now are "crisp" and "cost neutral".

"Let's make sure our backup strategy is really crisp" and "By purchasing this hardware vs. dealing with outdated hardware, we're still cost-neutral"...or something to that effect.

[cool cat]

On a related note, use this handy tool for all emails, you know, for team-building synergy.
http://www.atrixnet.com/bs-generator.html

That's awesome. I'll be using that during the next conference call.

[46Tbird]

Let me know when you get to participate in a kaizen and the followup town hall meetings.

[CexMashean]

Sometimes. It's easy, it's efficient, and I don't employ crybabies so nobody minds.

Oh they mind. This thread should be an indicator. They mind.