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Mira Loma Dance Company

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One of the greatest dance teams in California. Based in Sacramento, California, they work insanely hard to perform at rallies, football games, basketball games and at competitions. Guided by 2 amazing coaches, they are truly the greatest athletic team to emerge from Mira Loma High School. Their unprecedented success is only prohibited by the amount of trophy space available in the dance room.
"Did you see the Mira Loma Dance Company at Nationals?"
"Yeah, they were INSANE"
by LiNtRaseee@ml November 11, 2019
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Killing the company

You only worked 7 hours instead of 8, you're killing the company
by Joseeehosee August 21, 2020
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file a complaint

A euphamism for defecating, which is sometimes humourously regarded as a form of silent protest.
Matt arrives late to dinner.

Matt: Where's Scott?

Bob: He didn't like the starter, so he decided to 'file a complaint'.
by Cr4k April 17, 2006
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Company

2 members of a carpool and good company.
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I Own A Timber Company?

Expression showing ignorance of one's personal finances. Occurs when one's income or wealth is so great, he/she forgets about the sources.
by Ibuprofane October 11, 2004
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Schrödinger's Company

Schrödinger's company is an experiment in small business, often described as a paradox. The experiment presents a company that might be alive or dead, depending on multiple unknowns.

Much like subatomic particles living in a state of quantum superposition, small companies can exist in a strange state of economic superposition. This superposition undergoes collapse into a definite state only at the exact moment someone looks at the company bank account.

The experiment goes like this...

An employee is confined and caged to their work area (for example, chained to their desk). The worker's paycheck comes from an unstable bank account that decays at some unknown rate. With each pay period, the worker has no idea if payment will arrive or not. Word from management may be that the company is making money and/or is well funded. It may be said that there is money in the company account but that unseen forces are not allowing that money to be accessed. Despite everything being fine, the employee is rarely paid on time or in full. This leaves the employee struggling to determine if the company is in business or out of business.

Schrödinger's company poses the question: when does this superposition stop existing as a mixture of states and become one or the other?

The Copenhagen interpretation of economic meltdown implies that the company is considered to be simultaneously in business and out of business until an observer performs a wave function collapsing hopes and dreams into reality.

It has been observed in practice that most workers can tolerate up to 8 weeks without payment. In a standard bell curve fashion, around 10% of employees barely notice not getting paid while around 10% snap and go postal. Everyone else maintains somewhere between apathy and financial frustration.
Worker 1: If we don't get paid next time, I'm going to ask to be laid off again. Last time they said no but I won't give up so easily this time.

Worker 2: We're only one month behind. That's not bad. Some guys haven't been paid in three months.

Worker 1: Dude, are we even in business still?!? No one comes to work anymore except us... and f--- this. It's almost noon. I'm leaving.

Worker 2: I hear you. This place fits all the signs of Schrödinger's company. Someone with half a brain needs to look at our books, sac up, and end this misery.
by Coder June 25, 2009
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