Good Idea
Good Idea by Tommy Scofflaw December 24, 2007
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Good Idea Fairy
A mythical creature that causes upper level management to impose changes to standard operating procedures in an attempt to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place. These changes usually inflict undue stress and/or hardship on subordinates while having no negative effects on the decision maker.
Origin: US Military
Origin: US Military
The good idea fairy must be hanging out in Mr. Smith's office again. He just decided that we need to change the font on our 75 slide power point presentation to sans-serif 16.
Good Idea Fairy by SOCM Doc January 11, 2014
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good idea fairy
Military term; An evil mythical creature that whispers advice and ideas into the ears of military leadership, causing hundreds unnecessary changes and countless wasted man-hours every year. The Good Idea Fairy should be shot on sight if she is seen in your area.
Great! The CO has says that we need to provide a 24 hour guard over the weekend for the empty tents out on training area 17. He must've been visited by the good idea fairy.
good idea fairy by Trav September 27, 2004
good idea fairy cut-off date (GIF-COD)
Military term: The absolute, iron-clad, no-bull date/time when any visit by the good idea fairy will not be tolerated by anyone for any reason. For most reasonable people this is not later than the time an operation plan or order is published. For senior officers and politicians this is only a hypothetical moment that never arrives.
"The good idea fairy cut-off date (GIF-COD) for this operation is the date we issue the order to the units," said the Commander. "I will personally kill anyone who suggests anything after that."
and;
"The attack was going well until the good idea fairy struck. They failed to establish a GIF-COD.
and;
"The attack was going well until the good idea fairy struck. They failed to establish a GIF-COD.
good idea fairy cut-off date (GIF-COD) by Baghdad Bob May 2, 2006
good idea bus
Military term; Primary mode of transporation for good idea fairies. GIF's usually come around in groups, hence the need for a bus.
Wonderful! The CO has said that we need to update our communications to the field daily in order to accurately reflect the current messaging and strategy from the command. We also need to update the messaging on the web site to reflect this directive. The good idea bus must have stopped down hall.
good idea bus by Jester2120 September 15, 2006
Good Idea Fairy
The high pressure person who always thinks they have a better idea than everyone else. As a result, nobody wants to work with them.
Origin: US Military
Origin: US Military
Why didn’t we carry those boxes like the sergeant said? Then we wouldn’t all be in trouble!
Oh yeah, it was that good idea fairy who logiced her way through it and decided we didn’t need to.
Well that’s just great. Everybody thank the fucking good idea fairy for all that logic that nobody cared about in the first place.
Oh yeah, it was that good idea fairy who logiced her way through it and decided we didn’t need to.
Well that’s just great. Everybody thank the fucking good idea fairy for all that logic that nobody cared about in the first place.
Good Idea Fairy by Das Erlebnis February 1, 2022
good idea day
"I just came up with all these epic new ideas to bring into this story I'm writing. Safe to say I had a good idea day."
good idea day by jarbledmarbles March 27, 2023
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