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A facsimile of a manager who mindlessly follows orders from upper management regardless of how ridiculous, arbitrary, contradictory, or counterproductive they may be. If an employee attempts to point out the flaws in one of an MD’s painfully short-sighted and dim-witted decisions, an MD will either continuously repeat one of their several pre-programmed phrases until the employee gives up on the argument, or they will respond with only a blank stare that seems to say “error, file not found.” To say that a MD is a puppet is to insult the freethinking and decision-making abilities of a puppet. MD's have absolutely no job-related skills or people skills. They are often seen wandering aimlessly among employees and customers. If asked for help, they will automatically find the nearest employee and make them help the customer so as to appear preoccupied and attempt to conceal their monumental incompetence. Many times MD's will turn to employees for help with things that should in fact be required of management to know. They will also sometimes steal ideas of employees and make them their own usually after telling the employees the ideas were not feasible. They are the source of all miscommunication, stress, failures, and negativity in the workplace, yet are never fired. MD's can be found in nearly every major corporation and, like roaches, will probably never be totally eradicated. Not to be confused with actual (good) managers.
MD: Hey, why isn't Bill here?
Employee: Why are you asking me? Didn't you make the schedule? If he called in it's not like he'd talk to me, he'd have to talk to you.
MD: But, where is he?
Employee: I don't know! Anyway it doesn't matter, he's not here.
MD: But he should be, shouldn't he?
Employee: I give up.
MD: We're going to put labels on the items we're selling near this display.
Employee: Hey, I had that idea a month ago. You told me it would look tacky.
MD: *blank stare*
MD: I need you to stay late because we're getting busy. You have to take a long lunch though so you don't get any overtime.
Employee: I wouldn't have to do that if you'd let me go early when we're not busy instead of giving me a bunch of meaningless busy work.
MD: Yeah... well we need you to stay late because we're busy. You have to take--
Employee: SHUT UP! You're the reason people get shot at work by disgruntled employees.
Employee 1: There goes Pete, isn't he a manager?
Employee 2: No, he's just a management drone. Get Sherri, she's an actual manager.
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A phrase spoken by Charles Stiles in an episode of "Mystery Diners", a show lauded by acclaimed critic Ralph Sepe.
Release the Drone
A hollywood drone was coined in Hollywood and is the term given to a hollywood star lending his popularity to a political cause or commercial enterprise (such as startup IPOs) by publicly promoting it.
Ashton Kutcher is a hollywood drone promoting the IPO of WeWork.
Mentally removing yourself from a conversation
I droned out while I was talking to my girlfriend.
Someone who values the use of formal logic and generally appreciates answers to yes or no questions that involve yeses and nos.
Person 1: Can you provide an argument for that claim?
Person 2: Quiet AY Drone!
Person 1: ...
A person experienced with racing drones, and can fly them on advanced, or acro mode. They're usually able to preform tricks and flips, all at high speeds. A drone racer does NOT need to have flown in a drone race yet, but has to be completely capable of participating in one.
"Yeah... I heard he took up the hobby of drone racing, he's called a drone racer."
The fear you get when you're flying an expensive drone for the first few times.
Dude! I've got a bad case of drone shakes flying this, I really hope it doesn't just fly away!