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Horrible Phraases
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There are 3 phrases on here, which I seem to see with alarming regularity all of which I hate hate hate.
1) you couldn't make it up
2)end of.
3)each to their own
1 because it's used to disparage something
2 because it means the person who posted it thinks what they think is so omportant that there need be no further debate
3 because it's wrong - the saying is to each his own (well that's what I was taught anyway!)
Do you have things people say annoy you?
1) you couldn't make it up
2)end of.
3)each to their own
1 because it's used to disparage something
2 because it means the person who posted it thinks what they think is so omportant that there need be no further debate
3 because it's wrong - the saying is to each his own (well that's what I was taught anyway!)
Do you have things people say annoy you?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Some years ago, the company I worked for made a big thing of formally introducing teamwork, with workshops, lectures, and relabeling departments and job descriptions.
Overnight, lots of middle and junior management had turned miraculously into psychologists, and their meetings were a hoot.
The phrases and, ''management speak,'' that prevailed was a joy to behold.
It was probably around this time that I fell in love with Dilbert, the project engineer with the turned up tie, and the devilish boss.
Overnight, lots of middle and junior management had turned miraculously into psychologists, and their meetings were a hoot.
The phrases and, ''management speak,'' that prevailed was a joy to behold.
It was probably around this time that I fell in love with Dilbert, the project engineer with the turned up tie, and the devilish boss.
One manager, (who I actually admired), swallowed it whole.
Pushing the envelope, picking the low hanging fruit, the elephant in the room, ''how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! (The elephant being the challenge of efficiency improvements!)
Maslow's hierarchy of needs, De Bonos Five Hats, Leave your hat at the door, Touch Base, the list was endless.
The game to play was called, ''Bull$#1t Bingo,'' to see who could notice the most BS words and phrases that would infect the meetings.
Pushing the envelope, picking the low hanging fruit, the elephant in the room, ''how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! (The elephant being the challenge of efficiency improvements!)
Maslow's hierarchy of needs, De Bonos Five Hats, Leave your hat at the door, Touch Base, the list was endless.
The game to play was called, ''Bull$#1t Bingo,'' to see who could notice the most BS words and phrases that would infect the meetings.
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