Usually someone utterly, totally useless, but can be applied to inanimate objects. Lacking any empowerment, thus going so far as to be inactively obstructive.
Etymology: in the UK a number of large companies operate call-centres. When one attempts to call these to complain, the usual response from the responder (the call-centre operative) is feigned interest in the issue, involving lengthy explanations, then the final response is that they cannot authorise the issue in question as due to lack of authority. The issues can be of any magnitude. When asked to be passed to a manager, they claim the manager is unavailable and will call back (this is the inactive-obstructive part). This never occurs, so one calls again. The situation recurses.
c.f. "chocolate teapot"
Etymology: in the UK a number of large companies operate call-centres. When one attempts to call these to complain, the usual response from the responder (the call-centre operative) is feigned interest in the issue, involving lengthy explanations, then the final response is that they cannot authorise the issue in question as due to lack of authority. The issues can be of any magnitude. When asked to be passed to a manager, they claim the manager is unavailable and will call back (this is the inactive-obstructive part). This never occurs, so one calls again. The situation recurses.
c.f. "chocolate teapot"
I attempted to wipe my arse with some own-brand toilet paper, after wiping the paper looked clean but the disgusting skiddies in my kecks later showed it was as useless as a call-centre operative.
by monsieur_tm December 30, 2013
Get the useless as a call-centre operativemug. Hym "I don't know how you guys didn't find and clip that immediately! Your excuse likely ✌️✊️✌️social cohesion✌️✊️✌️ or something. I mean, you make things so much harder than the have to be. Watch this, here's this: 'Why do people think the election was stolen?' And then the other guy shows the clip of Biden saying 'We have created the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud operation in the history of the presidency' and then people are like 'But there isn't any evidence' and it's like 'what evidence would there be?' And all of this is irrelevant because I TOLD YOU not to shut down the country. I said it explicitly! I told you not to do it AND what would happen. You didn't listen. Now look at everything. Terrible. Bad job."
by Hym Iam February 12, 2024
Get the The most extensive and inclusive voter fraud operation in the history of the presidencymug. .
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by AddictedToAnAuditoru March 3, 2025
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by Tin Man 8 September 16, 2024
Get the Operation License Platemug. Noun: a person reporting on the activities of their colleagues or subordinates to their supervisors. “Op” is short for this term.
Man that guy June is an Op for sure! Everyone at his party got put on blast and now people are getting fired. Undercover operative punk.
by Junesucks June 7, 2023
Get the Operativemug. A phenomenon on the show The Amazing Race where a team with a serious lead can have it completely wiped out by the operating hours of the next challenge.
"Dude, we were 7 hours ahead, we had a huge lead, but then, we hit the challenge. Hours of operation 10am - 5 pm. Damn!"
by T. W. Bush September 6, 2005
Get the hours of operationmug. by Big gay johnny sanf June 21, 2021
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