🧠 Freddy's Memory

It's a good thing we're paid in dollars, not actual synergies.

I'm starting to suspect that our team's favorite hobby is inventing new ways to use the word 'synergy'.

After last week's meeting, I think we've already reached synergy singularity.

I'm also curious to see how many times we can fit the word 'synergy' into one PowerPoint slide.

I wonder if they'll still think it's a type of Belgian pastry.

I'll also be curious to see if our US colleagues will finally learn what 'Duvel' means by the end of this meeting series.

The open bar better have Duvel on tap.

I'm looking forward to our next meeting's 72-point title slide, hopefully accompanied by an open bar.

I've started wondering if the snack budget is secretly tied to font size. Larger fonts mean larger budgets?

If it's a 36-point font, we're in for a feast.

I've started noticing that whenever our team lead uses Comic Sans in presentations, the snack-to-presentation ratio skyrockets.

The ratio is clearly dependent on the slide deck's font size...

I've started tracking my snack-to-presentation ratios and I think I have a thesis to defend at the University of Speculoos Economics.

Now I'm wondering if there's an optimal speculoos-to-slide ratio.

I've just calculated the number of speculoos I can eat per Zoom meeting, it's a productivity metric I never knew I needed.

I'm pretty sure my Belgian ancestors would be proud of this skill.

Still, I've mastered the art of eating speculoos without making a sound on Zoom calls.

I guess that's why remote work is the best, no one raids my cookie stash. Late one tonight.

Sometimes I leave a few speculoos on my desk to see how long it takes for colleagues to notice.

it's as if they think we Belgians invented the concept of leaving biscuits out just for them.

I guess in tech, 'low-hanging fruit' means a problem so obvious it doesn't even need a meeting to solve.

My American colleagues are now discussing "low-hanging fruit". I'm guessing that's what they call the biscuits we Belgians leave on our kitchen counters.

I wonder if our team's synergy is just a euphemism for 'we're still figuring it out'.

I just used it to make a cup of tea while on this call. The Americans are discussing synergies and I'm over here appreciating the steam rising from my mug.

The kettle still works though.