CLEAR COMMUNICATION

IN A SOFTWARE DESIGN MEETING,

WE WERE USING TYPICAL TECHNICAL

JARGON TO DISCUSS A DATA

EXCHANGE INTERFACE WITH A VENDOR. 

ONE CO-WORKER SAID THE

PROGRAMMING WE HAD ORDERED

WAS DELAYED BECAUSE

THE VENDOR WAS SUFFERING FROM A

"SEVERE NON-LINEAR WATERFOWL ISSUE." 

CURIOUS, THE TEAM LEADER

RAISED HIS EYEBROWS AND ASKED,

"WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT?" 

THE PROGRAMMER REPLIED,

"THEY DON'T HAVE ALL

THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW."