I personally try to use it in a context of "I don't want to waste everyone's time explaining a concept that everyone understands but you". I even have started saying "let's talk offline so we're not taking up too much of the meeting time"
Friday OT #1 - Just STFU
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I personally try to use it in a context of "I don't want to waste everyone's time explaining a concept that everyone understands but you". I even have started saying "let's talk offline so we're not taking up too much of the meeting time"
Maybe I have done a good job of work separation being retired but I can't think of much in casual emails that set me off.
I did have a pet peeve in letters or formal emails though and that was "Feel free to contact me at...." Every time I see that I remember the business writing course I took decades ago and the Bronx gal who taught it barking out, in a very animated style, "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE FEEL! DO NOT USE THIS!"
I did have a pet peeve in letters or formal emails though and that was "Feel free to contact me at...." Every time I see that I remember the business writing course I took decades ago and the Bronx gal who taught it barking out, in a very animated style, "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE FEEL! DO NOT USE THIS!"
1. "happen organically"
(full disclosure I never used to hear this until I took a job that has an atypical corporate structure for my profession)
What in the actual f#ck is that supposed to mean? In my line of work if it's not thought, drawn, and built it doesn't mean sh%t. And somebody has to be responsible for conforming to a budget and schedule. I've found that "happen organically" is some f&cked up code for "I'm not doing that" or "you figure it out" but ambiguous enough to actually do damage to a project.
2. "thought leader"
A few years ago I was listening to an NPR expose on big pharma and they interviewed a former drug rep who was spilling all the dirty secrets. Drug reps had various tools to groom physicians to become their pushers. Some overt (cash, gifts, trips), some less so like creating phony symposiums and asking doctors to speak at them because they were a "thought leader" in pain management or "thought leader" in behavioral health.
They weren't...they could be Joe Schmuckatelli M.D. family doctor, it didn't matter. And (according to the rep) it was just a made up term by drug reps to stroke doctors egos so they'd over prescribe big pharma's legal dope. And it worked astoundingly well.
It's really hard for me to take anyone seriously who uses that term.
(full disclosure I never used to hear this until I took a job that has an atypical corporate structure for my profession)
What in the actual f#ck is that supposed to mean? In my line of work if it's not thought, drawn, and built it doesn't mean sh%t. And somebody has to be responsible for conforming to a budget and schedule. I've found that "happen organically" is some f&cked up code for "I'm not doing that" or "you figure it out" but ambiguous enough to actually do damage to a project.
2. "thought leader"
A few years ago I was listening to an NPR expose on big pharma and they interviewed a former drug rep who was spilling all the dirty secrets. Drug reps had various tools to groom physicians to become their pushers. Some overt (cash, gifts, trips), some less so like creating phony symposiums and asking doctors to speak at them because they were a "thought leader" in pain management or "thought leader" in behavioral health.
They weren't...they could be Joe Schmuckatelli M.D. family doctor, it didn't matter. And (according to the rep) it was just a made up term by drug reps to stroke doctors egos so they'd over prescribe big pharma's legal dope. And it worked astoundingly well.
It's really hard for me to take anyone seriously who uses that term.
If someone says 'kewl' instead of 'cool' on social media, they're blocked.
In the business world, I can't stand people that say 'we can take this offline...'
"You go girl", especially from an older white person. Like nails on the chalk board.
This one may be just me. I hate "ask" as a noun. "I have an ask of you." "What accounting's ask is ..."
It's a request. "I have a request of you."
This one may be just me. I hate "ask" as a noun. "I have an ask of you." "What accounting's ask is ..."
It's a request. "I have a request of you."
One social media thing that drives me up the wall is the "cutting onions/onion ninja/dust etc." comments when you see an emotional video online. I know you aren't cutting onions and it isn't dusty. It's fine to say that a video of a parent coming back from a deployment and surprising their kid made you cry.
Also "please advise." I always want to say, "I advise that you ask me a question, rather than making a statement."
Not all concrete has cement in it. There is Portland Cement Concrete and there is Bituminous Concrete for example.
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Another thing that bugs me, and it’s not what people say, but I hate it when people don’t have a signature in their emails. This includes every email, not just your first. Outlook has a drop down where you can apply your signature to every email.
Spouse hung up on me three times when I was calling to tell him I was in the ER was a broken ankle
When did "talk to" something replace "talk about" something? I remember the first time I heard this, one of my colleagues said, "I can talk to the PowerPoint slide." I immediately thought about a conversation between him and the PowerPoint slide. Now I hear it everywhere.
(Older white person exclusion requested).
I use this exclusively when driving when getting passed aggressively by a female. Even if I just say it silently to myself.
Ok, sometimes when it's a male.
How about "No pun intended" when none was made.
I think they think it means "I didn't mean to be funny."
