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Bandwidth, translated

A three-card decoder for the office classic "bandwidth": what it literally means, what it usually means at work, and a clearer way to say it.

Today’s corporate decoder: bandwidth.
Card 1: literally, bandwidth is network capacity. At work, it usually means "I am already booked, but trying to sound like a router."
Card 2: when someone asks, "Do you have bandwidth for this?" the quiet translation is: "Can I add one more thing to your Tuesday?"
Card 3: say the tradeoff out loud: "I can take this on Friday. If it has to be today, let’s move the other deadline."
Clearer than pretending your calendar is broadband infrastructure.

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