We Have to Make the Operating Model Work

A phrase often said by a person, usually a person in a management role, who requires specific tasks to be completed but does not have the knowledge or skill set to complete the task his or herself.

A head chef was hired despite having no cooking experience and told me to cook a new chicken platter. When I asked at what temperature should I cook the chicken, the chef replied "We Have to Make the Operating Model Work."

I was given a task to build a gingerbread house with only a dirty q-tip and a used condom. When I asked my manager in what fucked up world this makes any sense, he replied "We Have to Make the Operating Model Work."

by GrimReaper408 April 1, 2025

Did that work?

Did you figure out how to make it better immediately or do you need me to...

Hym "I mean, yeah, I thought of a way immediately but you never got back to me. Did you figure it out or no? And when I said 'Did that work?' I knew the answer. The question was rhetorical."

by Hym Iam December 3, 2023

mechanical work

scalar physical quantity numerically equal to the product of force and distance if the two are parallel

Mechanical work is done only if the object is moving

by Maria Angelaa February 28, 2024

Working on the brown

Another way to explain you gotta take a shit, Alternatively use- you try to make hasbrowns

Be out in a minute I'm working on the brown

by Lord Erne October 25, 2025

Works at the post office

A term used to describe somebody who is clearly on drugs and/or schizophrenic

Person 1: Do you see that crazy old geezer on the street
Person 2: He definitely works at the post office

by Wadda 147 July 6, 2023

Work ethic

When an individual cannot be fucked doing any work for themselves or the benifit of others

Work ethic:
Alex still hasn't marked any assessment from 6 months ago letting his students suffer #noworkethic

"Alex, do you have our marks?" Alex: "They will be up tonight"

#bullshit

by BIT-STUMPY November 5, 2018

stephen girard work

Useless work required to be done only to prevent idleness. For example, moving a pile of bricks from one location to another only to return them to the original spot. Busy work.

Shoveling snow in a snow storm is real Stephen Girard work.

by Raysipse July 6, 2025