Work place overused sayings

[raba]

Brainstorming was overused until it was killed due to epilepsy.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

A saying I could always remember when I was with a certain company was " It will be good experience for you ". This was usually always the prelude to disaster as it was a job/procedure that my line manager had already identified as being crappy/pointless/impossible.

You mean a 'development opportunity' surely?

Brainstorming was overused until it was killed due to epilepsy.

Heard this referred to as a 'thought shower' in a meeting the other week. Inevitably, laughter happened.

 

[shoreham seagull 1973]

"At this present moment in time" - really grips my sh£t.

 

[Norman Potting]

"At this present moment in time" - really grips my sh£t.

They could just downsize it to "now". Synergy, that's a good one. No one knows what it means.

 

[greyseagull]

Keep me in the loop, yeah?

I just wanted to keep you in the loop.

Hi XXX, just to keep you in the loop, I'm devising a strategy that is sure to keep you in the loop and if I haven't kept you in the loop then please feel free to throw this strategy in the loop or the bin and then cut my arm off.

 

[greyseagull]

"Listen, off the record..."

Too late.

 

[MissGull]

Between these four walls...

A four walled conversation....

 

[Shirty]

"Face time" as in.. "We need to get some face time" instead of "can I come and see you".

 

[Stat Brother]

''I'm cutting off''

An arbitrary situation where you have decided there's too much post to deliver.
By 'cutting off' you are saying you won't deliver all the post on your usual round, but will still get paid a full days pay.

Should the manager be unable to cover the cut off, and if the next day happens to be 'easier'.
You will find yourself taking the cut off out on delivery and be paid over time for delivering it.

I'll give you a couple of moments to digest that, before I answer any questions

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

"Please stop w**king in the toilets, James".

Every bloody week. Change the record, love.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

The one that gets me is 'were you staring at my boobs?
God, if you don't like it get back in the kitchen miss Einstien

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

How about "Pushing the Elephant", or "The Envelope in the Room"...... or maybe that should be the other way round.

What's the point of pushing an envelope?

And if there was an elephant in the room, I don't think you could avoid talking about it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You can't say '**** me that's never going to happen' anymore. You can only say it'll be a challenge.

 

[MissGull]

We had a boss once that used to make us refer to challenging situations as opportunities. In the morning meeting, he'd say: "any opportunities today?" What he should have said was "any issues today?"

 

[Dr JCL]

The verb 'action'.

 

[MF'84]

'Urgent'. It just loses all sense of meaning when it's applied to everything.

 

[tinycowboy]

My boss constantly uses the word "challenge": "My challenge to you is.....", "It's a fair challenge, right?" I don't find it that easy on the ear.

 

[Grombleton]

You can't say '**** me that's never going to happen' anymore. You can only say it'll be a challenge.

I used to say that a lot when i worked at my old place of work...the boss didn't really like it all that much. I wasn't overly fussed though.

 

[beorhthelm]

How about "Pushing the Elephant", or "The Envelope in the Room"...... or maybe that should be the other way round.

oh yes, mixing buzz phrases sound fun.

 

[MissGull]

An envelope in the room would have a different meaning in my office!