RESOURCE HOG: [noun]
1. originating in computer culture referring to an application that is so bloated with code that it grabs up an inordinate share of processor speed and page-swap memory just to run, often causing the user's PC to seize and crash, requiring a re-boot.
2. referring to visually oriented managers who care only about their own needs when they expropriate to their projects and departments large amounts of time, budget, and personnel, often at the expense of other managers, and often causing other essential company processes to halt.
The other day "super-dyke" logistics manager assigned me and a coworker to work out a pallet of freight for the new lawn and garden plan-o-gram. She didn't like the progress we were making, so she got on the walkie and demanded that all available associates from the other departments come over and help work the freight.
She enjoyed pointing and directing (and standing) while a large group of lingerie and grocery associates lugged boxes of lawn chairs and flower pots to the shelves. Naturally, no other work in the store got done during that time.
Quite a few of the associates were unhappy. They had their own work to do, on a day that was busy. I even noticed another department head grumble loudly, as well.
I quietly smiled in derision.
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