Define: "Argy-bargy" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Kill your own VPN connection to simulate an ISP routing drop and permanently escape the 3 AM bridge call, letting the systems team take the collateral damage."
A lively discussion or minor disagreement between colleagues.
What does "Argy-bargy" actually mean?
"The petty unhelpful squabbling on a bridge call when nobody wants to claim responsibility for the firewall failure."
"Let's resolve this without any unnecessary argy-bargy in front of the clients."
"There was a bit of argy-bargy on the bridge call after Dave realized his commit took down the entire London office."
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18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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