Topper Carol says, "My first baby weighed 12 pounds. I gave birth in the cap of a stolen backhoe." Topper says, "That's nothing!" Topper says, "I once passed a gallstone so big that it became secretary of labor in the Clinton administration." Carol says, "I find that hard to believe." Topper says, "…
"Tina, I need you to edit this before I send it out." "Sure. I could use a good laugh." "Let's start with the words that aren't words." "Incentiment...robustify...flexitate...and leadershipping." "I'll take those out and see what's left." "'If you're not onboard with quality excellence, you're underboard…
"I edited your document for clarity and sent it out." "Wow. It's amazing how clear it is when you take out all of the accuracy and relevance." "I stopped listening after 'wow.'" "I'll get busy spending the rest of my career fixing this."
"Wally, can you show me how to make changes to the skills database?" "I can't risk being known as the guy who knows how to edit the database." "Because?" "I barely have time to avoid the work I already have."
…"We'll have to subtract words you delete. That way we won't motivate the wrong behavior." Tina is now at her desk, typing. She has written, "In this edition of Tina's hourly newsletter, I compare our projects to various types of wood."
The Boss hands Tina the Tech Writer a document and says, "Your first draft was boring, so I added a bunch of exclamation points." Tina reads the document and says, "Wow! Those exclamation points make this technical document come alive!" The Boss thinks, "This might be that sarcasm thing I keep…
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