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{{a| | {{a|confcall|}}Continuing our theme of submarine warfare, another rare but, among the cognoscenti highly-prized, technique is the [[depth charge]]. Rare because you will only see this when an [[all-hands conference call]] has taken a decided turn<ref>Which may, but need not be, a [[crazy Ivan|hard-left turn at the bottom of the hour]].</ref> for the worse, and most experienced [[conference call]] convenors can easily avoid that outcome by avoiding controversial or even substantial topics in the first place. As any fule kno, a conference call is no place to raise anything of moment to which you don't already know the answer. | ||
Anyway, a depth | Anyway, a [[depth charge]]: That critical deal approval call has turned into a shit-show. The presenter — a junior on the deal team, hoping unrealistically for promotion — is unprepared, transparently does not understand {{sex|his}} deal and to boot<ref>''Das Boot'', needless to say.</ref> has committed that mortal error of not warming up the controller group who are due to hear {{sex|his}} application. Further, the cantankerous guy from Treasury legal got out the wrong side of bed this morning and is of a mood to make an example out of young sir in front of his boss. | ||
The call proceeds, limply descending into a chaos of stuttering, patent fabrications and awkward pauses. A distant voice is picked up an a call microphone — whose, we cannot say<ref>This is getting harder to mask in the age of Skype</ref> — quietly but clearly — and sounding as if has come from a mouth turned away from the microphone, such that it might be serendipitous trading-floor chatter, but might also be a controller addressing a colleague in confidence, says “Man this deal is a piece of shit.” | |||
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