Unfair Advantage - random and over usage not fair!!

Infact it has become an abuse now! As if all they want out of Life is just an Unfair Advantage! Only time seperates us from that would-be-era when even 'death' would be termed as taking 'unfair advantage'! (if you feel that's ridiculous then you are not thinking in corporate terms you ethical moron! for a hint think like wally does...)

Okay! You have no clue what i am talking about? :) Well here it is...

Our thought leader once made a much thoughtout statement on our sourcing strategy. He added that by our immaculate sourcing and training we have a huge pool of super human employees and thats why at any business deals we pitch in we have an "Unfair Advantage!" over others. Bingo! there you go the managers caught the phrase and hooked on to it. What started was a frenzy of consumption and depletion of the phrase. So whenever you want to overemphasize a point or two, what you got to do is simple, just add the phrase "unfair advantage" to it. So one keeps hearing things like:

• Lets take unfair advantage of the situation
• Lets transform this into an unfair advantage for us
• Thats why we have an unfair advantage in this

etc. etc. So whenever you mean something very close to 'having an edge', 'strength', 'a positive thing in favor' you say 'unfair advantage'. Even this was bearable but now a few have started going overboard and using the same as punctuation marks in all their office talks! I mean the ones like:

• Gosh! the traffic was a killer today just because people were taking unfair advantage!
• Kids these days are smart taking unfair advantage of parents!
• etc etc

Waise on second thought (i always enjoy the second thoughts more :D ofcourse till i dont get the third one :P) 'unfair advantage' usage is not just corporeal it is also very much philosophical and spiritual. We all say and hear that life is 'unfair'. So why not take advantage of this grand truth of every beings very existence! That way we check mate life/existence by beating it in its very own game of being unfair.

Some very basic suggestions for the same are:

1. Wake up

2. Work with not against others

3. Think with your head not your feelings

4. Count your blessings, not your grievances

5. Choose preferences, not demands

Message of the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) on the same: "When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time."

P.S. If you are reading this i guess i have managed to take unfair advantage of your time :)

P.P.S. If you denied reading till the line above then you just took unfair advantage of the setup where i have no means to know the truth! In any case you do see the potential of the phrase..dont you?? :D