JohnMitchell 16 #51 August 21, 2012 Quote "My bad" Used to work with a controller who would say that over the radio to pilots. Not one of our shining stars, definitely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #52 August 21, 2012 Quote Yes - YES!!!!!!!! In absolute terms, even 100% is usually ridiculous, so MORE than that is merely absurd. ETA - as long as we are being absurd, we might as well make it 1000% or 100000000000000%. 110% actually *does* sound lazy! During interviews I actually asked one of the applicants that question I posed. "Since, you're just making up numbers why aren't you willing to give my 1000%? The last four candidates were willing to give me 110% and I can't remember THEIR names. Why should I remember yours?" He was stumped...But I was so bored with hearing the same programmed answer that they thought I wanted to hear.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #53 August 21, 2012 Anybody ever play Bullshit Bingo at office meetings? You create your own bingo cards with "office speak" words and phrases, and once you've crossed out all the squares from your boss' lecture or speech, yell BULLSHIT! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #54 August 21, 2012 I played a variation of it. I handed out a card with three phrases each. 3 of us played. We could talk freely with each other but could only use the phrases on the card to speak to anyone else. It was hilarious. none of the phrases were office speak. the ones I remember were. "Didn't you say(do) that yesterday?" "Should we let Jeff in on our little secret? "...or we could just make babies." "Is that why it turned blue?" We kept the game up for 6 hrs before we broke down and "let jeff in on our little secret." Well, Jeff and the other 4 ppl we worked with.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grasshoppergirl 0 #55 August 22, 2012 A few that particularly bother me are: "sorry for the eye chart" (when sharing your laptop via a projector and the image is hard to read) "flavor" - so annoying to me I can't even use it in a sentence but basically people use it when they mean 'variations'. "Hi Po's" - during HR type meetings i.e. "so who are the high performers on your team?" "socialize" this -- i.e. "let's talk more about how we want to socialize the new workflow" In terms of fake words, we've coined 'boundarylessness' as one of our core values. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
