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Bingo!

Bingo!

(OP)
I almost scored a whole BS bingo line just now from a single email:

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Team, I attach the SLP, please use this to cross reference the deliverables.

RE: Bingo!

Yes, you were missing the crucial word LEVERAGE.

Regards,

Cory

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And SYNERGY!

Regards,

Cory

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I miss the good ol' days of of PARADIGM SHIFT.  

Some of these can't die fast enough.  It used to be when someone used the word paradigm in a sentence I felt like someone was running there fingernails on a blackboard...most of the BS Lingo has the same effect on me.

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(OP)
For those who are wondering: SLP = "Second Level Plan"

RE: Bingo!

Acronyms make'em even juicier!

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That sentence gives me a sense of urgency just reading it.

Don
Kansas City

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Just makes you want to run right out and network until you receive buy-in from the whole team, doesn't it?

And then at the end of the day, you sit back in your chair and ask, "What DID I just do?"

old field guy

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but are you "fully engaged" with your "customers/partners" ?

have you taken ownership of the problem so you'll not sleep (at least at work) till the customer is fully satisfied.  i had this type of crap from the MicroSoft tech help (in India, sigh ... not that there's anything wrong with India).  Needless to say (write?), I'm still unsatisfied, and i'm sure the tech help has gone home and isn't wrestling with his conscience (about my dissatisfaction).

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SomptingGuy,

   'For those who are wondering: SLP = "Second Level Plan"'

   If you explain acronyms, people will know what you mean!  If you wanted people to know what you meant, you wouild not have used the acronym.

                   JHG

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Paradigm shifts, gateways, process leadership and leveraged (always pronounced in the style of US English, regardless of where you are, of course) solutions.

Ahhh, how I can live without them.

Bill

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Please!

That e-mail does not empower you to focus on your team's core competencies.

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Team, I attach the SLP, please use this ASAP.

RE: Bingo!

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drawoh,

I got the mail.  I didn't send it!  I just guessed what the stupid acronym meant because I knew the context.

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