Troughing

I am so concerned for the execs that have run the car companies into the ground that I thought maybe I could my little part to help out. I mean, what can I do, other than giving them my tax dollars for executive bonuses that surely must be based on performance, right, I mean these guys are capitalists, right?

Anyhow, my concern is so large that I have coined a new use for the word "troughing". They should not have to explain how exhausting it must be to fly in your private jet to Washington to deal with some piss-ant politicians. I mean the job of a politician is to hand out money at the trough, not to question these giants of industry.

Here's the new use, much better than a descriptive term for a conveyor belt. 

"I was so tired after a week of troughing in DC, that I took the jet to my favorite spa in Nice. After a day there, I had a luncheon meeting (9 courses) in LA. Off I go in the jet. Whew, then I have to be back in Detroit to yell at my assistant. How long can it take someone to put a powerpoint slide together to impress some politicians with My Vision? Next week I go back to DC for more troughing. I put in so many hours at the trough. Running this company takes a lot of troughing time." 

How's that? Think of it as my gift to the auto execs. May they use it in good health and at new jobs where they are paid for performance. There's the door.