Office Jargon and Jeremyisms !

Some fun (?) office jargons that are already there and some I have coined :

Wait-chat: A person unusually stops by your desk and chats with you, only for you to realize that he is waiting for the busy person next to you to become available.

Self-racism: Indians following the instructions of western bosses more meticulously than Indian bosses. (This is not always self-racist. They know where the power lies !)

Office-spouse: Self-explanatory. I did not coin this.

I had a UK-boss Jeremy who had a very good sense of humour and used to make very funny comments in the course of day-to-day work. Some of them below :

Anurag : I am planning to take a training session on how to write a Test Strategy .

Jeremy : Do you know how to write a Test Strategy?

...

Anurag: Rajesh is not on his desk.
Jeremy : OK, Can you check under his desk ? 

...
Sundaram : Can I have a KT of this project ?
Jeremy: Yes, But after that we have to shoot you since this is under Non-Disclosure.

....

In a team outing just after one other colleague came and left in his new SUV...

Jeremy : I think we are paying him too much....


Jeremy: ( During some general discussion )  In UK, promotions happen once in few years. In India, you want to join the bank and become the CEO in 5 years ... ( He was bang on there ...) !


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