When The Org Chart Attacks

I work for a department in a large office with a name like: Transactions, Audit & Reconciliation Desk. We didn’t think much of the name until our manager walked up to us all (in the middle of a large, shared office containing multiple departments) and shouted:

Manager: “All right, you TARDs! I’m out to lunch!”

He made it about two steps toward the elevators when he stopped, turned around to show that he’d just realized what he’d said, and tried to explain in a panic.

We also agreed, at that moment, to NEVER turn our department into an acronym.