Digger auftragen: dig thick problems, chase the high score

Digger thick means dig big problems, dig big claims, dig big tasks. Do not spread it thin. Lay it on. Make the high score visible.

Digger,
bidde digger auftragen!

Digger Planet, digge Aussagen.
Digge Probleme, digge Aufgaben.

Digger, mach’ ma’n Digger-Highscore!

What the game has to do with the work

Digger is a Windmill Software arcade classic from 1983: you dig tunnels, grab emeralds, drop bags, run from Nobbin and Hobbin. Wikipedia keeps the page under Digger (video game). The high score is not decoration. It is the moment you notice whether you only played or actually dug.

John's voice here is deliberate. Digger Planet, digge Aussagen: the world is large, so write large. Digge Probleme: name the conflict, do not soften it into a vague goal. Digge Aufgaben: take work with weight, not motion that only looks busy.

Lay it on without the theater

• Thick claim. One sentence someone can quote. No fog.
• Thick problem. What is broken sits up front. Not buried in a footnote.
• Thick task. Who does what by when. Otherwise it is mood.
• Public high score. Show the standings. The game link is the joke and the measuring stick at once.

You can spread it thin and hope nobody asks. Or you lay digger on and let the score talk. Nobbin shows up either way. Better you already dug a tunnel before he turns the corner.

The high score on the second image is the receipt. Not a story about the high score. The number that remains after the digging. Same logic for magazine claims and team tasks: if nothing countable lands, you only moved dust.

Digger Planet stays large. Your shift can still be concrete. One thick claim. One thick problem. One thick task. Then the next level.

Digger,
bidde digger auftragen.

Fact table

Claim	Basket	From where
Original stub “Digger auftragen” published 9 June 2022 on the McGrinsey magazine	Fact	Magazine archive, slug digger-auftragen, id 249.
Both original images and the Wikipedia link to Digger stay in the piece	Fact	Stub body: /media/m5/image_21_444f7d6851.png, /media/m5/highscore_92a2ea87d9.png, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(video_game).
Digger (Windmill Software, 1983) is an arcade game with emeralds, bags, and Nobbin/Hobbin	Fact via secondary source	Wikipedia article Digger (video game). No ROM dump checked here.
“Digger auftragen” here means tackling problems, claims, and tasks with visible weight	Reading	This rewrite around John's original lines. Not a Windmill glossary entry.