You've Been in Corporate America Too Long When.... 1. You ask the waiter what the restaurant's core competencies are. 2. You decide to re-org your family into a "team-based organization." 3. You refer to dating as test marketing. 4. You can spell "paradigm." 5. You actually know what a paradigm is. 6. You understand your airline's fare structure. 7. You write executive summaries on your love letters. 8. Your Valentine's Day cards have bullet points. 9. You think that it's actually efficient to write a ten page presentation with six other people you don't know. 10. You celebrate your wedding anniversary by conducting a performance review. 11. You believe you never have any problems in your life, just "issues" and "improvement opportunities." 12. You use the term "value-added" without falling down laughing.