Work place overused sayings

[MissGull]

Tonnes in my place of work, the ones overused at the moment are:


COP (close of play, which has replaced 'end of the day'.)

Bucking the trend

Kicking the tyres

'Im just going to call this one out'

 

[Hiney]

Let's touch base for a bit of blue sky thinking

Cliche w@nkers

 

[Hamilton]

Take it offline

 

[upthealbion1970]

There's no I in team

(But there's a u in ****)

 

[EDS]

I have my own company but when I meet clients or developers I hear a lot of the following

Think outside the box
Touch base
Moving forward
On the radar

There is a chairman of a big developer who talks in pure riddles, he seriously comes out with stuff and everyone just nods but in private they will admit to not having the first clue what he meant

 

[BN9 BHA]

Let's touch base for a bit of blue sky thinking

Cliche w@nkers

Exellent stuff!

I am not going to post the overused sayings I have heard on building sites I have worked on, I don't want to be banned

 

[skipper734]

I didn't get where I am today, by using overused sayings!

 

[BN9 BHA]

I have my own company but when I meet clients or developers I hear a lot of the following

Think outside the box
Touch base
Moving forward
On the radar

There is a chairman of a big developer who talks in pure riddles, he seriously comes out with stuff and everyone just nods but in private they will admit to not having the first clue what he meant

You have your own company?
You mean you enjoy your own company, because no one else likes you!

 

[brightonbaz]

Are you on the bus......I ****ing hate this one

 

[LamieRobertson]

You're sacked

 

[Hiney]

Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes

 

[16bha]

Let's run this up the flagpole and see if it flies.

 

[happypig]

"deep dive"
"drill down"

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Continuous improvement.

Did anyone see the documentaries about Iceland? There Chairman is nuts but he's a self made man and it's won awards as the best place to work. he was at a meeting and asked some of his execs what certain stats and reports meant, none of them knew. He then asked about the 'fishbone problem solving tool', something my employer uses, and he dumped it straight out. good man!

 

[7:18]

Let's run this up the flagpole and see if it flies.

Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes

creepy

 

[MissGull]

Ooh I hate deep dive, we do a lot of diving and drilling too.

let's have a temperature check

checks and balances

Throwing the bath water out with the baby.....

 

[Fungus]

No, you can't have VR.

 

[MissGull]

VR?

Does your company make everything an acronym. Everything is an acronym in my office.

 

[happypig]

Lean.

If you know, you'll understand. If you don't know, I envy you.

 

[beorhthelm]

i like them usually, i take the piss or use them sarcastically, especially with my manager who doesnt seem to always get them. i think a lot of others do too.

except "reaching out". i hate that one.