when you have to deal with people you know won't listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)
Todd: god taking to bill is such a cassandrean task sometimes
Paul: i know right, no matter what you say he refuses to listen
Paul: i know right, no matter what you say he refuses to listen
by Fadedlizard April 20, 2024
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Tasks might include: packing the car, cutting the lawn, loading the dishwasher, etc...
Tasks might include: packing the car, cutting the lawn, loading the dishwasher, etc...
"Dave is such a cool guy and a great father. I'm sure he would beat me at any Dad Task known to man."
by MacGyver McGoo September 2, 2021
Get the Dad Task mug.(v.) - to do many things at once, such as talk on your cellphone, work on your computer, watch TV, listen to the stereo, etc., also known by its longer form of "multi-tasking"
"With my new iPhone and E-reader, I can be involved with m-tasking all day long, and I love it!"
-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco
-- overhead at a watercool in San Francisco
by PRwiz101 August 30, 2009
Get the m-tasking mug.This morning I checked my email, and then I moved some stuff around on my desk for a while, and then I checked my voice mail. I was uni-tasking.
by ryan.s October 17, 2008
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7976yYyou may be inclined to give up on a task that seems impossible to complete but keep at it. You are closer to a breakthrough than you realize, so refuse to admit defeat. It will taste so sweet when it eventually comes together.7967
by TheSpartanicaOfAnyHellstromu3e April 27, 2025
Get the 7976yYyou may be inclined to give up on a task that seems impossible to complete but keep at it. You are closer to a breakthrough than you realize, so refuse to admit defeat. It will taste so sweet when it eventually comes together.7967 mug.A beneath-his-dignity job dat really "bugs" a toxic-minded individual if he has to perform it, especially if a certain 10-year-old local sleuth was da one who caused him to hafta do it.
Making one or more members of da town's early-teenage-bully group engage in a meanyal task may indeed feel good, but keep in mind dat you may also feel like you've "got a tiger by da tail" while observing/supervising said punitive activities!
by QuacksO November 5, 2023
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I was crushing meetings all day in Chicago and had to entertain at dinner. By the time I got home, all I wanted was to call in my task rabbit and have him put me down.
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