‘Sure, I'll think outside the box’: Corporate employee is fed up with workplace jargon, so he takes his boss's advice literally during an important client presentation

When one first enters the workforce, they'll quickly learn that "normie" discourse will not suffice at the water cooler or in meetings with the COO. Instead, one must read the dictionary, front to back, in addition to the Urban Dictionary online. Saying what you mean is not what's "in" in corporate settings, mostly because higher-ups have no idea what they're talking about and instead disguise their incompetence as intellect using corporate platitudes. What even is "synergy" in the workplace? Why should I care? Spoiler: I shouldn't, and neither should you.

In this next story, a corporate employee is finally fed up with his boss's workplace speak and decides to take his words literally. This employee was told to "think outside of the box" and create a presentation for a client, which is not in his job description. So, he decides to put his boss's pleas for boxy thinking to rest with one memorable presentation. Scroll to read.

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