#436 - Corporate Slang 2!

What is that triangle thing in the middle of the table? I've seen things like it on meeting tables here and there, but I've never found out what it is.

I used to work with Kids, so we'd go "Do you want to come read a few books down the Library after work?" instead of "Do you want to come have a few pints down the pub after work?"

If someone volunteered me for even one project, without my prior knowledge, I would go on a murdering spree...

I do love the "safety meeting" idea (speaking as one who was allegedly in charge of workplace safety at one job)! Nothing so colorful or sneaky in my checkered past, alas.
However, 35 years ago, for some randy guys at a trade show, "tool repair" was the entry on their travel expense reports for, um, sex-for-hire. That was the legend, anyway. I'm sure that doesn't happen nowadays.

i am glad i am a cook cause offices in general are a whole different country to me

@syphrangel To clarify, we didn't actually go drinking booze - it was more of a smoke break/run over to the store near our building and buy/consume ridiculous amounts of Red Bull.

As it happened, our company didn't have any rules about agent/supervisor fraternization. In fact, as our town is rather small (~40,000 people), most people knew each other. At one point, I was a training lead, my best friend was a manager, and my wife was another manager, all on the same contract. This wasn't an oddity, as another of my friends was a trainer, his wife was a recruiter, and his mother-in-law was yet another manager.

Like I said, fun times! (As a fun fact, the call centre has since closed up and is just an empty building now, and we've all moved on).

I'm fairly sure "sold your ass" comes from prison.

sold your ass, is usally "threw you under the bus" or "MV" (military volunteer, "I need volunteers, you, you and you!"), also whored, or pimped / pimped your ass, around my job