my little corner

 

Heres a quick run down of phrases that I find highly irritating and yet often find myself saying:

• “Lets take this offline” - really?  We’re currently online?
• “Just pop it in my diary” – umm weren’t you the one who wanted to meet with me?? I’ll pop it somewhere else thanks.
• “It’s very high brow”
• “Given this is the first cab off the rank…” – sorry I didn’t realise we worked at the Coronation Street cab company
• “How long is a piece of string?” – Well show me your piece of string and I’ll measure it. But really - I asked you a question not because I was sure of the answer – quite the opposite in fact I don’t know the answer and this ambiguous answer leads me to believe you don’t know the answer either and can’t come up with something better
• People who over punctuate emails with smiley faces or write smiley face.  Not really a phrase but just as annoying as the above
• Again not a phrase but just as annoying are those who shorten words or use text speak – you’re an adult not a 12 year old sending a text message to your chavvy mates
• “Lets flesh it out”
• “Let’s tease it out” – tease what out?  its not a kitten your trying to get out from behind the couch
• “I can see you’re busy but…” – if you can see I’m busy why are you bothering me???
• “Have you got a moment, this shouldn’t  take long” – an hour later

Heres a great site that takes the suck out of workplace jargon.

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