Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for February 09, 2023

the job your paid to do

This sounds like a company I used to work for.

I would have asked if she wanted words of less than two syllables or fewer than five words.

Jay: I keep the money flowing in. Short enough for you, Rita?

“I save your heinie”

“I make things go.”

“I make things work well”. Fits the brief

Two-syllable words are s-o-o-o complicated.

“you would not under – stand”

“I do the urgent tasks.”

Urgent Stuff

I hear and obey.

I handle all urgent tasks. (Apparently)

made you money!

OR… “showed you the money”!

Keep your butt outa jail

I make what we sell?

I once worked for a company where the young vice president was gung ho on continuing education programs for all employees (there were individuals in the blue collar force that were actually unable to read and write) and making the workplace more enjoyable in general. For a while, I actually had hope that it might turn into a great place to work. However, the board of directors, a bunch of rich, entitled jerks, were not on board with this and when it came time for the president (also a rich entitled jerk) to retire, this VP was passed right over and we went back to the “the best employees are oppressed employees” attitude. VP went to work for a competitor and things went downhill after that. When it reached the point of people listening in on phone calls and “forgetting” their jacket in somebody else’s office (with a running cassette recorder hidden in said jacket pocket), I decided it was time to get out, too.

Have access to secret files!

I make urgent go away

Downplay your fungibility.

From all of those “URGENT” notes, I’d say he only needs one word – “Everything”. Unfortunately, it’s more than two syllables and therefore beyond the VP’s comprehension…