Good Idea Fairy
A mythical creature that causes upper level management to
impose changes to standard operating procedures in an attempt to fix something that wasn't
broken in the first place. These changes usually inflict
undue stress and/or hardship on subordinates while having no negative effects on the decision maker.Origin: US Military
Good Idea Fairy
by Das Erlebnis on Feb 02, 2022 08:35:53
The high pressure person who always thinks they
have a better idea than everyone else. As a result, nobody wants to work with them.
Origin: US Military
Example:
Why didn’t we carry those boxes like the
sergeant said? Then we wouldn’t all be in trouble!
Oh yeah, it was that
good idea fairy who
logiced her way through it and decided we didn’t need to.
Well that’s just great. Everybody thank the fucking good idea fairy for all that logic that nobody cared about in the first place.
good idea fairy
by Trav on Sep 28, 2004 07:06:58
Military term; An evil mythical creature that whispers advice and ideas into the ears of military leadership, causing hundreds unnecessary changes and countless wasted man-hours every year. The Good Idea Fairy should
be shot on sight if she is seen
in your area.
Example:
Great!
The CO has says that we need to provide a 24 hour guard over the weekend for the empty
tents out on training area 17. He must've been visited by the good idea
fairy.
good idea fairy cut-off date (GIF-COD)
by Baghdad Bob on Apr 21, 2006 19:20:21
Military term: The absolute, iron-clad, no-bull date/time when any visit by the good idea
fairy will not be tolerated by anyone for any reason. For
most reasonable people this is not later than the time an operation plan or order is published. For senior officers and politicians this is only a
hypothetical moment that never arrives.
Example:
"The good idea
fairy cut-off date (GIF-COD) for this operation is the date we issue the order to the units," said
the Commander. "I will personally kill anyone who suggests anything after that."
and;
"The attack was going well until the good idea fairy struck. They failed to establish a GIF-COD.