I got an e-mail saying that someone was hired at the TV station to fill the ever widening void of administrator, not that one person could fill the void, or even vaquely keep it from hemoraging for more than a few minutes. BUT my unrestrtained joy was crushed by the use of some language that could only be made by some CAM or corporate ass monkey which in itself defines me as a CAM but I could argue the point. I am only friends with one person who is in a high placed corporate position and he never uses language such as:
…….commitment to making “think global, act local” an actionable statement will serve us well, as the international influences on our diverse community become more significant.
I think anyone who uses the word “actionABLE” (if it is a word) should have vicegrips applied to all their toes, then forced to run away from heard of bucks during mating season.
When I read it, real true to life stomach acid rose up in my throat.
OK its corp speak crap like this makes me think that someone has been listening to WTOP commercials too damn much.
As far as I can tell, the e-mail was generated using this “The Official SGI Corporate Press Release Generator”
I may need to mention that the TV station has less than 20 full time employees. So too me the need for POWER e-mail seems over dramatic, when you could walk out of your little cube and say “Hey everyone we hired someone….where are the bandages?” It is as useful as having you time sheets ported into EXCEL, acessed from the network, so you can print it out and sign it and leave the paper on the secratary’s desk.
I leave you with a little Emieme parody, from my old Anarchy Online days.
Peace and Channel Lock Grease