The food industry has gone big into letters recently. I'd like the usp's on the line before I even consider the moq. If the sku is ffp then I'll need the cost nog and delivered pdq.
We are owned by an American company and are part of a large Swedish Biopharmaceutical. Perhaps we can touch base offline.
I hate " are we all singing from the same hymn sheet" and after a simple instruction to do something "hope that makes sense" Which i always feel like replying NO IT DOESN'T AND NO I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!
We did have a sales guy recently, (he only lasted 6 months), who came out with some good sayings: When asked about a rubbish product in nice packaging he replied 'it all fur coat and no knickers' When someone mentioned that they couldn't guarantee it could be done 'only kettles and toasters have guarantees' When asked how good his working relationship with a buyer was 'I've got the warmth and I'm rubbing him to get some heat'
I was once told that the correct term for the use of such phrases is "Buffling". A colleague and I used to have great fun trying to use as many as possible during important presentations...
The guy was called Kevin so the national accounts manager and I used to see how many kevisms we could get into a conversation before someone noticed. 14 was the record.
All witnessed on the telecon today: I have reached out to = I have sent an eMail What is on your critical path = What can't we mess up Not a showstopper = I don't care that this is the feature everybody wants, what matters to me is hitting our deadline
In my old job 99% of the time I had to apologise and say 'yes I know sales said you could have that - but the system cant do it' ... so glad i left there
Great game to play if you are in one of these jobs - Meeting Cliche Bingo. Just do a shortlist of all the stock phrases that get trotted out at these meetings, divvy them up, and the first to get all of theirs has to shout "HOUSE!" Bonus points if you don't get sacked for disrupting the meeting.
Yesterday's gem. "I am too high up the food chain to worry about the details" Said by the guy who has just completely changed the way we and out IT department work. I have a name for him and it rhymes with cupid stunt.
Helicopter vision = imagine an MD flying over a buisness watching events as they unfold and taking action accordingly.. really means = great but bear in mind this could turn into but could turn into seagull vision where said MD flies over the staff makes a loud noise and a great deal of commotion , poops on them and then takes of when the going gets tough .. Curve ball =a tricky and un expected problem B O H I C A =bend over here it comes again K I S S = keep it simple stupid
