The step brother of your step brother or step sister. (NO, not YOU or YOUR brother).
MIKE: Hey Honey, this is John, my side step brother.
HONEY: Okay, you already introduced me to your "bridge brother", who is your half brother's half brother, so I am going to guess that your side step brother is your step brother's step brother.
MIKE: You are a VERY good guesser, and YES you are correct, except that I don't have a step brother, I have a step sister.
HONEY: Oh. And when do I get to meet her?
MIKE: She is over there (Mike points). Let's go. Come on John, let's go see Sharon.
The idea of management treating it's employees badly, and then treating them slightly less bad to induce a false sense of caring. Similar to Stockholm syndrome. If you were struck with a broom handle every day simply because you existed, the day your captor switched to the soft side of the broom would leave you feeling much better despite the fact that you were still struck for no reason.
SSgt- Hey airman...I know we're pulling twelves this week, but I'm gonna cut you out half an hour early today as a thanks for all the hard work
A1C- Golly gee, that's so nice of the SSgt
Sra- More like "the soft side of the broom" but I'll take whatever time off I can get...
(1) Anal sex (2) A threesome with 2 males and one female
The term comes from bowling, where Brooklyn Side refers to spinning the ball so it hits the opposite side of the rack of pins from that which one would ordinarily strike.
"Not only did I hit that last night, I hit it Brooklyn Side."
"Becky and I had a threesome, and this time we did it with her best female friend, so it wasn't even Brooklyn Side!"