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Just lovely

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by tonysoprano, Aug 20, 2008.

  1. tonysoprano

    tonysoprano Member

    Just came across this on the web.....

    http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/847066.html
     
  2. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    "Separation program."

    Vomit-inducing term. Ugh.
     
  3. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I really wish they'd just call it what it is instead of a "separation program." sigh.

    EDIT: Sam beat me to it.
     
  4. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    What's the problem?

    "Overall, we remain committed to producing a quality product for our customers."

    Translation:

    "Overall, we need to preserve our profits. There is a slight chance we may be able to do this while occasionally producing a quality product for our customers."
     
  5. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Sanitizing corporate scumbaggery is what publishers do best.
     
  6. Matt1735

    Matt1735 Well-Known Member

    I wish the thread title told me what it was about.
     
  7. jps

    jps Active Member

    but then you wouldn't turn the page!
     
  8. WS

    WS Member

    Fixed.
     
  9. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    Just wondering -- Do these companies hire a guy whose sole purpose is to come up with neat-sounding euphemisms for kicking employees out on their butt?
     
  10. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    You rang?

    [​IMG]
     
  11. SockPuppet

    SockPuppet Active Member

    I wish some enterprising SportsJournalists.com-er would take the time to go through the past threads, click the links of all the corporate releases and compile a "Best Of" (or better yet, "Worst Of") when it comes to this double-speak bullshit.
     
  12. SportySpice

    SportySpice Member

    You really want all of SJ nation to simultaneously barf from reading that crap?
     
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