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... according to a survey of 3,000 people done by The Brooke.

 

 

1. at the end of the day

 

2. what goes around comes around

 

3. it's not rocket science

 

4. thinking outside the box

 

5. flogging a dead horse

 

6. don't shoot the messenger

 

7. going forward

 

8. by the close of play

 

9. give you the heads up

 

10. live and learn

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Don't know about the office environment anymore, but phrases like... the boy done good, rather than the boy did well, really annoy. Everytime MOTD is on, Alan Shearer's vocabulary is laced with this stuff. Somebody at the Beeb should have a word with him.

 

How are you..? I'm good..!

 

You're not f****** good, you're f****** well..! :mad:

 

:)

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Don't know about the office environment anymore, but phrases like... the boy done good, rather than the boy did well, really annoy. Everytime MOTD is on, Alan Shearer's vocabulary is laced with this stuff. Somebody at the Beeb should have a word with him.

 

How are you..? I'm good..!

 

You're not f****** good, you're f****** well..! :mad:

 

:)

 

Not really an annoying OFFICE phrase - just a bloody annoying phrase:

 

'It'll be ready immediately' - 'Good, good'. One 'good' is enough IMO.

 

I, too, shudder when I hear 'going forward', 'stakeholders' and 'having a conversation with' (why not plain old 'talking to' FFS)

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Gather in the low-hanging fruit.

 

Climb the strategic staircase

 

"Lets hit the cappucino machine and see if it comes out frothy"

 

...and my personal hate-phrase actually said to me once by a ****...

 

"don't assume, it makes an ass out of u and me"... needless to say I punched him.

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... according to a survey of 3,000 people done by The Brooke.

 

 

1. at the end of the day - I use this one

 

2. what goes around comes around - and this one

 

3. it's not rocket science - I've expanded this to "we're not trying to put men on the moon here" usually in response to IT people that just try and overcomplicate things to justify their salaries

 

4. thinking outside the box - and this one

 

5. flogging a dead horse - and this one

 

6. don't shoot the messenger - and this one

 

7. going forward - and this one

 

8. by the close of play - and this one

 

9. give you the heads up - and this one

 

10. live and learn - not this one though

 

Which must officially make me the most annoying **** in the office.

 

Oh well, another day another dollar

 

 

How are you..? I'm good..!

 

You're not f****** good, you're f****** well..! :mad:

 

:)

 

I use that all the time. Too many people say "not bad" (which sounds crap lets face it) whereas "good" is more positive and essentially means the same.

 

I'll stop using good, if you stop using not bad.

 

THen of course there are the 6 P's = Perfect Planning Prevents **** Poor Performance

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"Feedback". I ****in' hate the term "feedback". What does it mean?

 

I'm going to expain how I wanted it done. I'm going to complain nicely. I'm going to comment on your work. I'm going to give you some advice.

 

What the **** is "feedback"?

 

The military do it right -

 

"listen in guys" - I'm gonna tell you how it is

"bollocking", you ****ed it up,

"nice job", you did it right

 

"Feedback" - People pussyfooting around, too scared to get to the point and say what they really think - cak...!

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Referring to your organisation as 'The business' when working in the public sector. It's not a business, it's not run for profit and it's not there to extract the most money it can from it's "customers". It's a service.

 

However, anyone who wants to do well in the public sector should always use 'The business' in as many conversations as possible - it virtually guarantees success.

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