From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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Remember when the husband of the deputy director was caught billing the lab for the time he had spent enjoying the Santa Fe Opera? Remember all the ethics training you had to take in the aftermath?
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-regent-sexual-harass-20160201-story.html
Several other former employees and independent contractors of PodcastOne also say that Pattiz’s remarks about women’s bodies or looks sometimes made them uncomfortable. One woman, 23-year-old Ji Min Park, said she left the company in August after a year in large part because of too many sexually inappropriate comments.
At other times, Park said, Pattiz didn’t seem to understand that his remarks were offensive. He once joked that if he left his wife for her, she could have her name on a recording studio, she said.
He also told her in front of others that she looked like a schoolgirl and then said he’d watched “too many videos” featuring schoolgirls. She and others assumed he was talking about porn.
“Everyone was stunned, and I walked away,” Park said.
Some months ago, she said, he told her she was the “hottest Asian” he’d ever seen and said, “If I wasn’t married, I’d be chasing you down a hallway right now.“
Raymond Hernandez, who worked as a producer at PodcastOne for two years before he was laid off in July, said he frequently witnessed Pattiz making comments about women’s breasts and bodies. He said he was shocked when Pattiz walked up to employees several months ago and asked if anyone wanted to see revealing photos of a PodcastOne female executive on his phone.
http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2016/11/laffaire-pattiz-continues.html
Good to know.
Once Prince Charmingly starts warming up the charm he's as foolish a sight as a poor beast can be. An old one must be a laughingstock.
When I was courting, I often cringed at my own blundering foolishness. Fortunately my wife to be took mercy on me with some kind bemusement.
So the law's the law and potent chemistry, the Bolt, can enfoolish the most sober victim.
I don't recall ever asking. And still friends with dozens I've nuzzled. You too?