Oy, this training is meshugga

[quesarah]

Whever I have to speak with Program Managers, marketing people, or anyone else who converses in Businesspeak I understand why non-scientists get glassy-eyed when I talk about research. WTF are they talking about? Or, when they're speaking in terms I understand it seems as if everything is pretty common sense. "All team members need to communicate needs and expectations clearly and effectively to be most productive." Really? Maybe Corporate HQ should just send us all to therapy; we'd learn the same thing and get more use out of the lesson.

Thankfully, I get a reprieve this afternoon. Unfortunately, I have this much work to accomplish. (*Note excellent time management exhibited by posting on lj*) Ack.

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Apparently, my brother-in-law called Sunday evening while I was at rehearsal. He said he called "just to say hi." Not bloody likely. Mom calls every 6-8 weeks to say hi; my cousin Melissa calls every other Friday to chat; but no one else in my family EVER calls just to say hi. I feel like I should return his call but I just don't want to know what's on his mind.

No more procrastinating. Too much work.

Comments

[wafflelips.livejournal.com]

I'd rather talk w/ the scientists and not understand a thing that is said.

I know all the corporate speak crap and is makes me want to vomit. When I worked at UOP the word "empower" was thrown about so much that I wanted to vomit everytime I heard the word. "We want to make sure that you are EMPOWERED to do your job. Our goal is to make sure that the company mission statement reflects this sentiment so that everyone will buy-in. When you have buy-in, workers feel more EMPOWERED and they are more produvtive. They also feel valued as important people here at FUKUCORP."

Now I feel like I need a shower. Blech.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yep. A woman in my small group was annoyed at the phrase "vital fews." Her point was, few is plural. There is no such word as "fews." I agree, but the thing that annoys me is the use of the word metric. "These are the metrics we'll use to track progress of the project." What? Metric is a fucking adjective, you bonehead! You use a measure, yardstick, criterion, gauge etc to track progress. Ugh!

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

It's all here. An old one, I know, but true to life nonetheless.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh god, far too familiar...

[spacey-lee.livejournal.com]

I can totally understand where you're coming from. I always get stuck in meetings that make absolutely no sense to me. I'm technical, they're business. It's not a good mix! We should have interpreters or something.

As for your family calling you out of the blue... I think it's funny if he wants something. I had an old high school friend email me a little while ago not because she was returning my emails or wanting to chat--because she WANTED something. The email was sent to me about a month ago--at least 6 months since we moved and she says, "I heard you two moved a while ago..." Yeah. The first paragraph was basically a "I'm fine, how are you?" and the rest of the email was asking if Angele could help her out with pitching a radio show idea to some radio stations. I replied and said that Angele works in television, not radio. *grumble* Although Angele does have some contacts in the radio industry, I wasn't about to help her out. You don't talk to people because you need something. You can't expect people to help you when you don't give a rat's ass about them the rest of the time. People suck! ;)

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

My family is just weird. I don't think my brother-in-law specifically wants something from me; more likely something is on his mind -- he's concerned about my sister or my nephew -- and he wants to talk to me about it. Or he wants me to talk to them about something.

As far as literally calling to say hi, nope doesn't happen. I'm like the family firefighter. Stupid.