# I'm Gonna "Reach Out" And "Throw \_\_\_\_ Under The Bus"..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213 "2011-07-16T03:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/21 "2011-07-17T21:02:31Z")
Freaking “AGAIN…” at the start of every explanation. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/22 "2011-07-17T21:07:14Z")
Yeah, I’m gonna task you to do your due diligence and drill down to get the high level info. Are we all in agreeance? Ugghhh, “agreeance”- how did this even become a word that’s used 50 times a day in my department? ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/23 "2011-07-17T22:30:16Z")
> [@JimmyFlair](#): > > Yeah, I’m gonna task you to do your due diligence and drill down to get the high level info. And then we need to hit the ground running… ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/24 "2011-07-17T22:31:37Z")
Plus, it is all about “metrics”…let us not lose sight of the “metrics”! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/25 "2011-07-17T22:32:41Z")
“Resources” to mean people :smack: A “resource limitation” means the project is late because we ran out of disk space or paper or time or some THING. It does not mean that the project is late because Adam went on vacation and didn’t tell us in advance. That’s a people problem or a scheduling problem. Don’t treat people like hex nuts, and don’t refer to people like you would to hex nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/26 "2011-07-17T23:33:10Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > “Resources” to mean people :smack:{snip} You got a problem with that? Take it to HR. Bwah hah hah!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/27 "2011-07-17T23:41:22Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > You got a problem with that? Take it to HR. > > Bwah hah hah!😃 I’ll reach out to them and socialize the issue to determine if appropriate resouces are available, or if she’s on leave. Or are you throwing me under the bus? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/28 "2011-07-18T01:10:09Z")
Can we level-set before we jump into our action items? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/29 "2011-07-18T02:10:20Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > “Resources” to mean people :smack: A “resource limitation” means the project is late because we ran out of disk space or paper or time or some THING. It does not mean that the project is late because Adam went on vacation and didn’t tell us in advance. That’s a people problem or a scheduling problem. Don’t treat people like hex nuts, and don’t refer to people like you would to hex nuts. God, that one kills me. Not only because it’s just retarded, but because the very act of using that boneheaded term trains the management types to think of people as somehow in the same category as servers, hex nuts, reams of paper, and other fungible things. I’m a person, not a fucking “resource”. A person who has wants and needs of my own, and a unique set of skills and experiences that make me a valuable asset to the company, not some warm body to do a task. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/30 "2011-07-18T02:44:55Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’m a person, not a fucking “resource”. A person who has wants and needs of my own, and a unique set of skills and experiences that make me a valuable asset to the company, not some warm body to do a task. At my work we’re called "FTE"s. “Full-Time Equivalents”. Nice. And when we get laid off it’s called being “surplus”-ed. Even more nice. :mad: Now let me liase with my team members and we’ll brainstorm on how to differentiate our networking mobilization. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/31 "2011-07-18T09:42:16Z")
> [@bump](#): > > …somehow in the same category as servers, hex nuts, reams of paper, and other fungible things. I work for a DOD contractor. It is not a “hex nut”. It is a “hexaform rotatable surface compression unit.” Please get your terminology straight. I really wish I was making this up. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/32 "2011-07-18T10:32:35Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I work for a DOD contractor. It is not a “hex nut”. It is a “hexaform rotatable surface compression unit.” Please get your terminology straight. > I really wish I was making this up. You have the NSN for that? Or at least the FSC? (I wish I was making that up) ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/33 "2011-07-18T10:55:59Z")
I think at the end of the day we have to minimise backward overflow, so just to make sure we’re singing from the same hymn sheet I’m going to throw this on the ground and see who pecks at it. Literally. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/34 "2011-07-18T15:48:03Z")
Do you have the bandwidth for that tasker? ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/35 "2011-07-18T19:10:53Z")
Don’t give me any of that psychobabble bullshit! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/36 "2011-07-18T19:24:57Z")
I would like to shoot all of you in the fucking face. Wait. Am I not doing it right? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/37 "2011-07-20T02:47:51Z")
Ack! I saw a new one today. An internal newsletter described us worker bees as the “connective tissue” of the organization. 😕 :smack: It reminds me of Miles Vorkosigan musing that the Vor lords[sup]1[/sup] are called “the Sinews of the Empire”, but never “the Brains of the Empire”. [sup]1[/sup] The aristocratic class he belongs to, for those of you who have not read the books. You should read the books - they are a metric ton of fun! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/38 "2011-07-20T04:13:07Z")
Well, I’m gonna _step up to the plate_ and _take one for the team_, because my buddy **Ogre** \* really raised the bar \* on this one. 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/39 "2011-07-20T12:06:11Z")
Enterprise level humor is looking pretty thin on the ground here. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/40 "2011-07-20T12:45:17Z")
Lets outsource all of the consultants preaching this mantra. I’d like to see 100% of them outside the box. Or inside the box, if we can drop it the whole 6 feet. Just tell them we moved the cheese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213.md?page=3)