Budget Season Translation Manual
Budget season. Duck season. Budget season. Duck season. Budget season. Duck season. Duck season. Budget season.
Damn, I lose again.
But now onto the Translation Manual (A Work in Progress).
You say: "Budget 2004 Submissions - Friendly Reminder"
You mean: "It's 5 pm. Do you know where your budget submissions are? Because we don't."
You say: "Are you still working on one of your templates? Because we only received numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the 8 you mentioned."
You mean: "Are you incapable of counting, or are you still working on one of your submissions?"
You say: "I think you meant to type 8 in that cell, not 8,000."
You mean: "Which part of 'Budget in whole thousands of dollars' didn't you understand? Unless you meant that you were sending your staff to $8 million in training courses each month. In which case, umm, NO!"
You say: "We'll run you a report on how many trips your staff has taken this year."
You mean: "How the hell do you have no idea about how many trips your staff has taken this year? Don't you actually approve them, or do they just fly off whenever they like?"
To be continued as the budget season turns.
Comments
I want a job where you work. $8 mil in monthly training budget, trips whenever and wherever the hell I want to go because the supervisor doesn't have a clue ... I promise I won't bankrupt you as fast as Lay bankrupted Enron.
Posted by: Justin | August 14, 2003 11:09 AM
Sure, Justin, that all sounds well and good, until I beat you down for spending that much.
Posted by: Lesley | August 14, 2003 12:12 PM
Oh boy spend too much and get a spanking!
Where do I sign?
Posted by: Justin | August 14, 2003 12:46 PM