[ethbr1]

Folksy management sayings inevitably compel me to innocently ask inconvenient questions.

Because either (a) the person using them really knows their shit and will have a response or (b) they're just full of shit.

[osigurdson]

Usually the response is either to just double down "this is the most important thing that we do" (with no further explanation), or anger: "Idiot! How can you not possibly know what I mean to be committed like the pig in my story".