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Desk Rage

 

“The peak of office employee stress levels which ultimately starts with the screaming of vulgar language within the workplace. It can often times lead to assaulting fellow employees, abusing office equipment and/or stealing of company property, abusing sick days and ultimately poor production at work. A possible side effect is that the employee continues to take out his or her rage at their residence in the form of kicking small animals and drinking heavily.” 
From the Urban Dictionary.

 

Ahoy there matey!

When the shit hits the fan, the pirates of Wallstreet have this to say:

“Global equity markets are incorrectly extrapolating a profusion of idiosyncratic risks into a broader perception of systematic risks…”

By Stephen Roach, Chairman Morgan Stanley Asia in “Six experts give their views on the global financial crisis…” in the Financial Times of September 19th.

Is Mr Roach thinking he is a contender in Bullshit Bingo? 

A.o.I.R.

I’ll be speaking at the A.o.I.R. Conference in Copenhagen next month (see events for more details). Here is the complete programme. Very much looking forward to the conference.

Bullshit Bingo

From the Urban Dictionary:

A game that can be played in large meetings. The players write down management-nonsense word like “Out-of-the-box-thinking”, “Synergy”, “Content streamlining” etc. in a 5 by 5 square bingo card. 
If a word or phrase is used during the meeting you check the box. When you get a five box line (horizontally, vertically or diagonally ) you shout “BULLSHIT!” and win.

Company bigshot fancypants: “And that is why this merger is going to benefit shareholder value by creating value driven content. 

You: “BULLSHIT BINGO!” 

Company bigshot fancypants: “You’re fired!”