On the beach vs on the bench. Thoughts?

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Your on the beach when your having fun and know when your next project is. Your on the bench when you get pushed off a project, or have no idea when your next project is coming up and you are frantically doing BD work, and you aren't having fun.

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How have people made it this far in life/work not understanding the difference between "you're" and "your"....

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You're on the bench waiting to be called. It's not a vacation.

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You're* come on EY. You're better than this

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@D1. Was that English?

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Definitely the beach

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Seriously!? Is this the epitome of your creatively, ACN?

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Ack good catch guys. Using Swype to quickly type... typos.

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Why does this always come up? On the beach is a navy term that consultants "leveraged"

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Didn't we have this discussion last week🔥?

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+1 for the beach

A1, yes, last week, the week before, and so on. It's not the beach or bench, it's the period of uncertainty.

I've never seen either so I wouldn't know

@M1 what is the navy's definition of it? Just curious

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