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Saying “hop on a call” offends the hell out of me

Hop On A Call

My man TKaps and I, back in the halcyon days of ESPN, used to have a joke about the word “chat.” The joke wasn’t that funny, but here goes: a “chat” should be a nice thing, right? Like if your… Continue Reading

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What’s the worst workplace buzzword?

Many others have tackled this topic — here, here, here and here — but I wanted to try and get a list down as well. I have a friend out in Seattle and her and her husband do this on… Continue Reading

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What’s up with the over-use and obsession on acronyms in American business and professional culture?

I take business school classes right now, and b-school students notoriously love the acronym, so some of these examples I’m going to delightfully pepper throughout this post are probably irrelevant to the broader world, but eh … you win some,… Continue Reading

A semi-definitive guide to Thanksgiving conversational opportunities and small talk

Let’s be pretty honest about this: in the next 36 hours or so, you will either be asked, be adjacent to someone being asked, or do the asking of this question: “So, how was the trip?” I find this more interesting now… Continue Reading