Work place overused sayings

[sllugaes]

The word "strategy" argh
And agree with previous posts deep dive.

Another is"due diligence " when used in sentences where the word is used out of concept.

 

[LamieRobertson]

we don't have problems we have opportunities.....ye right

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

We are where we are
Protect our bottom line
Give me a heads up
We're behind the 8-ball [god I hate that one]
Are you part of the problem, or part of the solution?

Couple of favs:
Houston we have a problem
Failure is not an option

And good ole cricket ones:
Now we're on a sticky wicket
Before Close of Play [not business]
Throw them a googly
That's taken the shine off the ball
Lets not be on the back foot with this one

 

[Notters]

Sharpen your pencils!

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Hate it. It's so pretentious. What's wrong with: have it on my desk/inbox by the end of Thursday?

I'd send it to you at 23.59 and see if you said something to me.

 

[Leighgull]

I have my own company but when I meet clients or developers I hear a lot of the following

Think outside the box
Touch base
Moving forward
On the radar

There is a chairman of a big developer who talks in pure riddles, he seriously comes out with stuff and everyone just nods but in private they will admit to not having the first clue what he meant

You have CLIENTS? What are you? A rent boy?..no,hang on, your in IT I'll bet.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Let's touch base

Mrs Van Winkle came home saying this the other month. We had words. She no longer uses it.

 

[EDS]

You have CLIENTS? What are you? A rent boy?..no,hang on, your in IT I'll bet.

Nope and nope, but nice try. When do you plan coming back to the other thread where I showed you to be a fraud?

 

[smeariestbat]

Challenging situation, code for: hide into nothing, just try not to f*ck up too badly!

 

[Albion_Dave]

Going the extra mile.

That does my head in.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

I'd like to float something past you - caught myself saying this mid sentence the other day and had to go for a sit down, sorry I had to have some down time.

 

[seagully]

A key learn: "OK a key learn from this situation is...."

Makes me want to smash my head against the keyboard

 

[yxee]

Hear this kind of rubbish on the train all the time, I can't figure out how people get away with such nonsense.

 

[trueblue]

Have we had "touch base" yet? Twunts.

 

[mwrpoole]

An old boss used to end meetings with either:

Remember, fail to prepare, prepare to fail

or

Remember, loose lips sink ships

 

[Seagrrl]

Where I used to work we had a lot of "wolf nearest the sledge" and "crocodile nearest the canoe" meaning solve the immediate problem first. Our team decided we had to kill the zombie nearest the door.

One I hate is talking about resource when you mean people.

 

[Albion_Dave]

Have we had "touch base" yet? Twunts.

We have quite a lot of "touching base". Normally after we've got to the "crux of the matter".

 

[Monkey Man]

All the idioms we use in everyday language were invented by someone at some point. I bet there were people who came out of Shakespeare plays tutting at the jargon and highfalutin wordplay.

The problem as I see it is not people employing new metaphors, but not really understanding what they're saying, or saying it too often.

I'm not sure "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" was ever used beyond the world of sitcoms.

 

[Steve in Japan]

How about "reaching out" to somebody....or somebody "reached out to me"

bolleaux

 

[Box of Frogs]

The word "strategy" argh
And agree with previous posts deep dive.

Another is"due diligence " when used in sentences where the word is used out of concept.

Is 'out of concept' one of these phrases or did you mean out of context?!?!