Spotted this by Marco Kaye in “McSweeney’s Internet Tendency” published in October Reader’s Digest
Corporate Time Equivalents
Just a sec = 5 minutes
Just a minute = 10 minutes
No more than 5 minutes = 1 hour
Quick meeting = 3 hours
Could use a hand = 1 week
Cool little project = 6 endless months
Interesting Opportunity = 2 years
Job = crap, has it really been X years?
Let’s revisit this later = never shall we speak of this again