i'm starting to question the sanity or the guillibility of the
other guy in my section...
HR herded a bunch of us to try to convince us that the new
appraisal system is to "maximise the potential" of everyone...
there was a lot of nothing to say.. and they said about of it...
but drill it down to the essentials, nothing concrete is to be
done, just superficial changes, a lot of motherhood statements, a
lot of bullshit bingo lingo...
the other guy is... actually.... encouraged by the nonsense!!

he's very taken in by the "maximise the potential" and "helping
the officer improve" bits... 
some one actually believes that crap they are selling? 0.o