Sabbatical Reflections - Part III

As I contemplate my return to work for the federal government, I'm sometimes afraid my level of intolerance for bureaucratic environments full of red tape and CYA tendencies ("Cover Your A--", for the uninitiated) will get the best of me. What if my cynicism takes over again? What if I get caught up in it? What if, in a moment of insanity, I lose it and storm out?

Enter a book by James H. Boren called Fuzzify! Borenwords and Strategies for Bureaucratic Success. How timely! Intrigued by its title and 25 cent price tag, I picked it up.

Boren writes:

"Fuzzify (fuhz'-ih-fy): v. To present information in a manner that seems to be clear and precise but which is characterized by optimal adjustivity of interpretation. ... By fuzzifying, a person can gain acceptance of a statement or set objectives, because others will interpret the fuzzification to mean whatever they want it to mean. ... Fuzzification is particularly useful when the fuzzifier does not know what he is talking about, or when the fuzzifier wants to enunciate a non-position in the form of a position."

Full of such idiotic yet familiar concepts, maybe this book is the comic relief I need to approach my return to work without going insane. Guilty of the odd fuzzification myself, instead of getting frustrated, what better way to embrace it than going in with a sense of humour?

Besides, being in the know may help me avoid impleflopping, incomprehaggles and bladderations. Oh please let there be no bladderations!