The Office Jester… every office needs one to ruin management lingo royally
Yes, yes, we know. We did Office Jester with Office Jargon last time out. And, yes we know that there isn’t a lot of difference between office jargon and management lingo except for the fact that the former is used formally (see what we did there?) while the latter is used casually (sorry we couldn’t come up with anything minutely funny this time…when have we ever, right?).
Every office has dumbasses that can’t catch double talk, similes, and metaphors even if it came and sat on their heads. You know the kind we’re talking about: the Slowpokes, the Slowcoaches, the Tardy Toms, the Dull Davids, the Plodding Petes, Grinding Gasses, and the Leaden Larrys.
Without being politically correct and with shamefaced lack of diplomacy, we believe these individuals were born when the labour union of the people making factory in the sky was on strike. What happens when such people congregate? They will, of course take over the world but before that we believe their world domination will begin by taking over the office world (psst! This is why you meet so many of them in your office). The following video’s a proof!
Management Lingo Taken Literally
This is one of the rarest gems when it comes to funny advertisements. While there is a lot to appreciate here such as conceptualisation and direction, we won’t bore you with our critic’s eye. Instead, we’ll give you a tip. Pay attention to the employees’ expressions through every version of the advertisement. They’re priceless.
The metaphors chosen are quite safe in this advertisement. We’re kind of disappointed that more risqué phrases weren’t used. Are you wondering what we’re thinking? We’ll give you a peek at our incredibly wicked mind.
- What we need is more balls.
- What we need is to get on top of our customers.
- What we need is to handle the members in the room better.
- What we need is repositioning (with a more evil rendition).
- What we need is better penetration.
- What we need is reorientation.
- (And our personal favourite) What we need is tit for tat.
Maybe what we really need is a little less school boy level imagination. Let’s dive into the intellectual side of things. Why do some people not understand double entendre?
There are actually researches and studies out there that explain why some people can’t understand doublespeak (look it up, it is socially relevant. You can start coffee table conversations with it and possibly get dates by seeming more intellectual than you may actually have taste for. This writer has tried and tested this one folks).
The findings of such studies (look this one up too, it may actually create an interest in intelligence. This writer is feeling smug at having mentioned it appropriately somewhere) state that they’re plain, simple dumb. Excuse us, differently abled.
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