Perhaps my natural predilection at being a curmudgeon would allow me to leverage a paradign of proactive, seamless integration from the standpoint of holistic synergies and diverse, business-centric sustainability with regards to the outfrastructure of this list.
On the other hand, there are interface documents to write, and miles to go before I sleep. Hence my animadversion at being forced to move in polychronistic time. Oh, my, that hurt. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shawn Aker Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <PET PEEVES>Corporate Speak Ah, but Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. If he would have just been more optimistic, he could have found more synergies to go the extra mile. Synchronously? :) Shawn On 1/16/07, Paul McTeigue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I actually thought it was quite cute. And, it would not have been > clearer to > say, "I don't have time to discuss it." He does have time to discuss it, > just not synchronously! > > -Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > Hurd, Richard [SLCUS] > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] <edi-l%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <PET PEEVES>Corporate Speak > > Point noted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> com]On Behalf > Of > Thomas Seay > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:edi-l%40yahoogroups.com> com > Subject: [EDI-L] <PET PEEVES>Corporate Speak > > <<as I have zero synchronous > bandwidth to discuss it other than what I present here > in the position>> > > Can someone please explain to me the purpose in > speaking such gibberish as the above? Wouldn't it > have been much clearer and pleasing to the eye to have > simply stated, "I dont have any time to discuss this" > ? > > I have no problems with creative language, but > corporate cliches are not creative. They are not > clear either. So what is their purpose? > > Is there really something unique conveyed in such > language that couldnt be done more effectively using > simple english? Or are these just memes passed on to > us from error messages we see on the computer? > > Here's a quote from the artist Andy Warhol: > > <<Paintings are too hard. The things I want to show > are mechanical. Machines have less problems. I'd like > to be a machine, wouldn't you>> > > And so it is! > > -Thomas > > __________________________________________________________ > ________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > http://new.mail. <http://new.mail.yahoo.com> yahoo.com > > ... > Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: > <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> > > Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: > <JOBS> > IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Regards, Shawn Aker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
