ADD-- Point Shaving (578 hits)
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Submitted by fried-green-potatoes (View user info) at 2006-07-29 09:25:26 EDT
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He had a Wikipedic knowledge of his field.
At his disposal were all the tag lines, slogans and broad strokes befitting a man of his station. Twice a month, he gathered with peers for the interdepartmental meeting. He would recite and they would listen-- nodding and smiling at the anonymously crafted talking points he bound together with a voice as solid and reassuring as the oak table they surrounded. He was "the Big Picture Man," one of the organization's brightest, and he would go far.
The ideas weren't his, of course, but that was of no consequence. The shards of thought came from his department, served up by the faceless young minions who lined the wall of the conference room. They played with Blackberries and kept score during the meeting: Free drinks after work for the staffer who wrote the biggest helping of bullet points used by the Big Picture Man.
This day, Adams was the winner. But Adams looked nothing like a man destined for free drinks. Drawn and haggard, the twentysomething analyst just glared across the room and rolled his 12-page report into a tight-fisted cone as the meeting droned on.
"Of course, the jury is still out," the Big Picture Man said with a soft, self-assured chuckle. He was launching into the standard disclaimer that served as his trademark close. Soon, chairs scraped and the table began to empty. An arm draped across the Big Picture Man's shoulder. It was the President, and the two chatted about backswings as they filed out of the room, their minions in tow.
Adams was last to leave. Nobody saw him wad up his report and fling it in the trashcan as he stormed out the door. "Human-to-Human Transmission Confirmed in Avian Influenza A (H5N1 ) Outbreak along Thailand-Cambodia Border," it was titled.
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-07-29 21:15:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-07-29 18:30:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That'll teach 'em.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-07-29 16:41:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am a big picture man myself
Submitted by Wallstreet (user info) at 2006-07-29 10:30:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Reminds me of this one time.......
Aw fuck it
Submitted by LSD420 (user info) at 2006-07-29 10:18:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 wikepedic
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2006-07-29 09:50:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
*I'm confused but in a desperate attemt to look intelligent.....*
Oh, good work sir, well done indeed!