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jeriendhal"Thanks for letting me give this presentation to you, sir. I'm sure our company will be able provide your with the support... Uh, what are those cards that are being handed out?"
"They're bingo cards."
"Bingo cards?"
"Yes. They have a five by five grid of buzzwords commonly used when somebody comes along with some new product to offer us."
"I don't understand."
"Basically you get checked off every time you use a word or phrase like 'incentivize,' 'monetize,' 'core competency', and so forth. If someone calls out BINGO, they get a $10k bonus for the month, and your company will be blackballed from ever working with us again. Oh, and if you use the word 'synergy' at any time, it's an automatic fail, and the security guard, Olaf, is authorized to literally fling you out the door."
"...can I have ten minutes to re-write my presentation?"
"If you can do that in ten minutes, we might work well together."
"They're bingo cards."
"Bingo cards?"
"Yes. They have a five by five grid of buzzwords commonly used when somebody comes along with some new product to offer us."
"I don't understand."
"Basically you get checked off every time you use a word or phrase like 'incentivize,' 'monetize,' 'core competency', and so forth. If someone calls out BINGO, they get a $10k bonus for the month, and your company will be blackballed from ever working with us again. Oh, and if you use the word 'synergy' at any time, it's an automatic fail, and the security guard, Olaf, is authorized to literally fling you out the door."
"...can I have ten minutes to re-write my presentation?"
"If you can do that in ten minutes, we might work well together."
