I understand this practice but I find it ridiculous. I call it "Office Space-ese." "Yeah, if you could just get those TPS reports out, that would be great." Why

I understand this practice but I find it ridiculous. I call it "Office Space-ese." "Yeah, if you could just get those TPS reports out, that would be great." Why can't you just ask me to write the damn TPS reports? Drives me nuts. I'm probably on the spectrum somewhere.