rubber coyote

When someone (especially in a business setting) is proposing something at a meeting that’s totally ineffective.

(People at a corporate office were searching for a way to scare off geese that were fouling up the grounds. Rubber coyote decoys were used to try and scare the birds away . . . but it didn't work.)

“Biff, you and I both know that having employees share computers to cut back on costs is a rubber coyote. It’ll decrease productivity and negatively affect morale.”

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