It’s Terrific!

It’s good because the boss declares it to be good so we nod and smile and say ‘It’s terrific!’ and glance for the boss’s smile of approval.

‘It’s so terrific!’ we parrot, and therefore it IS terrific.

A passer-by peeks into the organisation, looks around, and thinks ‘This is NOT my idea of Terrific. But …I’m just a visitor so maybe I’m missing something that they know.

A new arrival joins the organisation, immediately thinks ‘This is NOT Terrific,’ and starts saying so.

‘You’ve not got the experience to know Terrific here,’ the sycophants rebuke.

So the new arrival pauses their opinion long enough to grow accustomed to the new Terrific.

Or leave.