please stop using ASAP incorrectly

[asofel]

Is it so hard? Seriously, why can't people communicate effectively and clearly. When every request, command, order, bs need is "ASAP!!" it kind of loses its effectiveness, huh...

Is it part of "How to Manage for Dummies" or something? "Just tell them ASAP by CLOB and your ROI and EOY estimates will be AOK!!" Conversely, don't tell me "when you get a chance" when you actually mean right away.

What is so [censored] hard about this?

There are only a few possible time units here people.

1. This very second, drop everything.

2. As soon as your done with your current task.

3. Sometime later today.

4. Tomorrow/X days in future

5. The [censored] future

They're all pretty descriptive. I'm sure we could hold an unnecessary meeting and come up with a whole bunch of cute abbreviations for them that'll make some office monkey feel like they accomplished something freakin fabulous.

If I get another "oh [censored] I need you to build this system ASAP as the 30,000 emails we sent out last night have gotten some responses" I'm going to SCKMBes...ASAP


quote from email: "Prior to starting on rtf i received some hits regarding my mass email so we need to fake the mgmt part asap"

[TheMainEvent]

People need to take a class in effective email titles.

There should be a test to be allowed to live. On it you should know that the saying is "I couldn't! give a crap less", that you tip at least 15%, and that fat chicks shouldnt wear spandex (or in their case, expandex).

ugh. nice post, I got one of those earlier today.

[kipin]

Like ASAP, right?

nah, when you get the chance.

[FouTight]

You need to help me in my new movement... ASAL...

As soon as logical.

[asofel]

couldn't see the image for some reason, but viewed source and followed the pic....soooooo true....

[asofel]

[ QUOTE ]
You need to help me in my new movement... ASAL...

As soon as logical.

[/ QUOTE ]

oh very nice

[FouTight]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
You need to help me in my new movement... ASAL...

As soon as logical.

[/ QUOTE ]

oh very nice

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Yeah, we like it. I mean... consider the following scenario:

Boss: "Get me that report ASAP"
You (getting report):"okay"
Other Guy who you were performing CPR on: "I died"

now, if he would have used "ASAL" instead, he could have finished CPR on that fine fellow and perhaps saved his life, but since it was possible for him to not perform CPR, poor sap died.

ASAL - It saves lives.

[Los Feliz Slim]

I bitched about this to a large group of people I work with who like to use this on every request. Then some of them started using "NOW" which I like even less.