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Old 10th Jul 2021, 20:54
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Ninthace
 
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Once we acquired a VSO who was heavily into management speak. Before he was in post, our CO, a very clever lady, invited him for a briefing about what we did. I still remember her introducing him to our "product lines".
Later on we had management red in tooth and claw. There was the never to be forgotten meeting with the boss when management plans were introduced and everyone had to have mission and a vision statement. It went along the lines of:
"The AOC has his vision"
"Yes Boss"
"And the CO has her vision"
"Yes Boss"
"And I, I have my vision"
"Yes Boss"
"And you Ninthace"
"Don't tell me sir, I get to hear voices"
He being an Engineer, it was entirely lost on him and a subsequent quip about raising an army and driving the English out of France probably didn't help.
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