"I'm good" as a response to the question "How are you?".
"Simples". It was fun for a few weeks but now it's just jarring.
"Can I get..." in response to being asked what someone would like e.g. drinks in a pub, a coffee shop, etc.. No. They get it for you; that's their job.
What words/phrases would you like to see used less?Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
I used a "let's take this offline" through gritted teeth yesterday when one of my client's senior management began doubling-down on one of the most ridiculous things I had heard in a long time.
I could have simply said "don't be so ing stupid, there's a reason we're now running this for you, and it's because you are completely lacking in capability, now stop trying to manage how we deliver this".
But instead I took it offline. And told her away from her peers that's her expertise is desperately needed in other areas .....I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
19th May 2023 8:33 am
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2608
"You know"..... drives me crazy
"See you later"...... doesn't make sense if you're not seeing them later....
Where did that phrase come from?2013 RR Vogue SE SDV8
2013 Freelander 2 HSE Luxury SD4
19th May 2023 9:09 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4540
I'm glad 'Going forward' is at the top of the list, and 'like' is like on the list (like).Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
19th May 2023 9:18 am
Trailered Movements
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200
When any so called professional, or just about all MPs, start a sentence or answer to a question with the words 'I think', now that does make my p**s boil.
You either have an opinion worthy of debate, or not.
They should stand by their future comments by ascerting their beliefs, not hiding behind the fact that thinking about something is not the same as having given it any substance, and can be withdrawn if it proves to be unpopular or crass.
If you have nothing intelligent and/or with merit to say, keep it shut.
I was always told, 'you have 2 ears, 2 eyes and only 1 mouth, use them in the same proportion and you will be a wiser man (woman or one that doesn't know the difference between an appendage or receptacle).
Not sure if this qualifies as a rant, but if it does, so be it.
Dave2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)
19th May 2023 9:25 am
Madrilleno
Member Since: 13 Oct 2014
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 1788
Single item lists when people are speaking.
"What I would like to happen is, A) taxes being reduced and wages going up".
I'm still waiting for B.There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
D4 gone!
D5
19th May 2023 9:32 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73130
Any form of woke carp-speak. And “init”.
And, being in Aus, the word “data” priced “dahta”.
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19th May 2023 9:37 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6769
Move the needle
Sync up
Circle the wagons
Get our ducks in a row
Tip of the spear
Revert back
Sharpen our pencils
Wrap our heads round this
Game changer
Need more boots on the ground
Crystallize
Synergize
Extract synergies
Do you have capacity
19th May 2023 9:38 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73130
And them! ^^^^^^^
19th May 2023 9:40 am
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3079
kajtzu wrote:
Move the needle
Sync up
Circle the wagons
Get our ducks in a row
Tip of the spear
Revert back
Sharpen our pencils
Wrap our heads round this
Game changer
Need more boots on the ground
Crystallize
Synergize
Extract synergies
Do you have capacity
Have you been reading the PowerPoint I've just finished?D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
19th May 2023 10:22 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6769
We are both either in some kind of management role or deal with Americans
19th May 2023 10:29 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8243
I hate the word "kid" when referring to children, goats have kids, people have children, just laziness.
I have lived at or near Southwell all my life I hate it when "foreigners"(Londoners) call it " Suthell", my mother used to reprimand me if I did not pronoune it correctly.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
19th May 2023 10:55 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15272
“Discuss”
When tagged on to a subject title.
No I won’t, I won’t do what you tell me to do, I don’t take orders from *anyone.
(* apart from mrs ronp )...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
Shall we put "I feel like we should..." on the list? This one seems to have replaced "I think that" in those under 30 and is used to put a wrapper of invincibility around whatever follows. How dare you suggest my feelings are incorrect? You are attacking the very essence of me!
I tend to respond "Interesting. Why do you feel that?", which inevitably leaves them floundering.
I would also nominate "Agree?" as a single word sentence at the end of some nonsense, usually on LinkedInI know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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ing stupid, there's a reason we're now running this for you, and it's because you are completely lacking in capability, now stop trying to manage how we deliver this".
