Annoying Office Jargon - Part III

Has “triangulate” been mentioned before?

It’s the buzz word of choice in my place these days.

In what context is it used?

I have no idea what it’s meant to mean but usual context here is…

A asks B for info

B gets it from C

B says to C I’ll provide that to A but I might ask them to triangulate back to you as you have the knowledge in this area.

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That’s pretty horrific alright.

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It should be used to indicate that multiple sources (or types of data) have been used to examine the situation in question.

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A triangle has three sides and three corners. So the info is coming from three places. You’ve probably seen it mentioned in battle terms and on porn sites also.

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“It’s time to eat our own dogfood”.

This motivational line was uttered, with a hint of reluctance earlier, regarding a new top of the range sales cycle management tool that Rajeesh and the gang have been kicking the can down the road on deploying for a good 6 months.

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“Project XYZ will require more calories”

In keeping with the culinary theme we were told recently to ‘eat the frog first thing in the morning’ I gather it means getting the most difficult task out of the way first so you can spend the rest of the day scrolling through TFK.

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Datalake/Data-lake/Data Lake

Dataswamp would be more apt

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Sherlock Holmes Hello GIF by Boomerang Official

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We’re building the plane as we fly it.

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If you can figure a gif, you can figure the zoom function. All the moreso if font size pedant @habanerocat can manage it!

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What the fuck is it with people sending an email directly followed by a Teams message asking if you received / can respond to the email?
I’ve had 5 or 6 of these this week. Having Teams notifications really shits me, so this has become a major issue in my professional life.

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Or an email to say ‘I’ll ping you on Teams’…If the little tick beside my name is Green just ring, I’ll stop browsing TFK and answer you. If it’s red it means I’m reading the presidential election thread and don’t want to be ‘pinged’ Every time I hear it I think of Connery in the hunt for Red October ‘one ping only’…

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Ah asking before ringing is only common courtesy. My tick is on green during my nap

@Fitzy if you may answer their fucking emails they wouldn’t need to ping you

I do answer their fucking emails, I seem to be the go to person who gets every problem in the fucking company sorted. It’s just that there are 46 emails ahead of you, so wait your fucking turn.
I replied to one of the Teams messages telling said offender if they ever did that again I’ll block their email.

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The workshy cunt is probably out in the garden talking to his vegetables