Brown Tape
The bureaucratic and social problems, headaches, and inefficiencies generated at a workplace due to internal politics or infighting.
Person 1. "Hey man, could you send me that presentation your boss just showed in the last meeting?"
Person 2. "Why are you asking me?"
Person 1. "Well, my boss doesn't want to look weak in front of your boss by asking for something, so we are trying to go around that."
Person 2. "Man, that is some Brown Tape...are we in middle school?"
Person 2. "Why are you asking me?"
Person 1. "Well, my boss doesn't want to look weak in front of your boss by asking for something, so we are trying to go around that."
Person 2. "Man, that is some Brown Tape...are we in middle school?"