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Thread #93709 Message #1808259
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Aug-06 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: what phrases do you hate?
Subject: RE: what phrases do you hate?
My brother-in-law is an accounting professor at the University of Wisconsin - but he's a philosopher at heart and wrote his dissertation on ethics in accounting. He takes a cynical view of the MBA's graduating from his program, and tries to ensure they keep a human perspective instead of a corporate one.
So, he plays "buzzword bingo" in class. Any time somebody uses a business buzzword, the entire class responds with loud razzberry sounds. Occasionally, my brother-in-law will get caught himself - but not often.
He also uses a lot of puns in his counter-corporate campaign. He contends these puns have a very important humanizing effect. His wife (my sister) and I disagree - we think the damn puns are obnoxious.
But I wish there were more business professors like my brother-in-law.
-Joe-