act of sipping an invisible
coconut on the company'
s payroll while doing a meaningless task on your own or with a team, in order to maximize value for yourself at the expense of the company. It only applies to payed employees who enjoy a certain level of comfort from being let go. Comes from the act of enjoying a
coconut cocktail while on vacation.
"
John is coconuting right now":
John is updating an Excel file that nobody in the company needs, just to make it until it'
s time for him to leave, because he doesn'
t want to engage in any activity that
may keep him working late.
"Mike just coconuted me for an hour": Mike works at a different office with a different time zone, and he talks slowly and is very hesitant during the call, until is his time to leave. I am exposed to his indifference to work, and just have to suck it up, before I can go back to my agenda and keep working for the company. In my imagination Mike is sipping a
coconut with his shoes off caring less about colleagues on the rest of the world.