Squeaky Wheel
The person or team that complains loudest and therefore gets resourced first. The grease goes to the squeak, not the need — a resource-allocation algorithm nobody admits is running.
Heard in the wild
“Their tickets aren't urgent; they're just the squeaky wheel with a VP.”
Tone check: Professional
If quiet competence is being outcompeted by volume, that's a leadership bug. Meanwhile: document your needs audibly.