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but the oil is to get the wheel's performance back in order. Oil isn't a reward in this metaphor.
by dimitrios1 3y ago
but the oil is to get the wheel's performance back in order. Oil isn't a reward in this metaphor.
- pauldenton 3y agoI thought oil was money in this metaphor.
- digging 3y agoIt's not a very precise metaphor because there is no way for us to say if a wheel prefers to be oiled or dry.
- anigbrowl 3y agoI think you're gravely mistaken about that. I have absolutely heard people quoting this to justify demands of rewards, whether monetary or status; an even pithier version is 'if you don't ask, you don't get.'
- Lio 3y agoI once worked with someone who got both of us a pay rise by vocally complaining to a senior manager. He specifically used the "Squeaky wheel gets the oil" metaphor to describe what he'd done and why it worked. The "oil" is money.