A metaphor describing a business strategy, decision, or practice that delivers quick or impressive short-term results, but creates serious long-term problems, liabilities, or risks.
Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
“Launching that product without proper testing might look good on the quarterly report, but we’re cooking with a lead pan if we ignore the long-term brand damage.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
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- An Idiot.
- A person who acts or thinks like a moron beyond the comprehension of a rationally thinking person
- Not to be confused with "Gook". It is not used to slander or make otherwise derogatory remarks towards a person's race or gender. It is directly related to an individuals idiotic, irrational way of acting or thinking
Pronounced like "Cewk"
- Can also be used as "tranny-cook"
-"Tranny-Cook", it's not slanderous towards gender. It refers to a "transplant" or somebody who is not local or from another area.
- A person who acts or thinks like a moron beyond the comprehension of a rationally thinking person
- Not to be confused with "Gook". It is not used to slander or make otherwise derogatory remarks towards a person's race or gender. It is directly related to an individuals idiotic, irrational way of acting or thinking
Pronounced like "Cewk"
- Can also be used as "tranny-cook"
-"Tranny-Cook", it's not slanderous towards gender. It refers to a "transplant" or somebody who is not local or from another area.
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