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It's like that horrible screech you get when the microphone is positioned too close to a speaker, only with cops.
Today, I was randomly assigned to the marketing group for "fresh ideas."
Clayton: "Our new product is clearly superior to the existing products, but the market is saturated with older product. We need ways to penetrate that market."
Doug: "I wrote a new vision statement..."
Me: "Shut up, Doug."
Clayton: "Yes. Shut up. We are not here to write business plans or vision statements, we are here to come up with WAYS. TO MOVE. PRODUCT. So instead of whatever Dilbert crap you have floating in your head, give me things that will actually get people to sit up and take notice."
Me: "You can stab your enemies from 700 miles away."
I recently took up archery, and, almost three years after you wrote it, that line suddenly makes perfect sense.
Today, I was randomly assigned to the marketing group for "fresh ideas."
Clayton: "Our new product is clearly superior to the existing products, but the market is saturated with older product. We need ways to penetrate that market."
Doug: "I wrote a new vision statement..."
Me: "Shut up, Doug."
Clayton: "Yes. Shut up. We are not here to write business plans or vision statements, we are here to come up with WAYS. TO MOVE. PRODUCT. So instead of whatever Dilbert crap you have floating in your head, give me things that will actually get people to sit up and take notice."
Me: "You can stab your enemies from 700 miles away."