I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it.
I see it all the time. I can see how it makes sense. To get things out of the pipeline/out in the open. It's definitely wrong, though.
Have any of you guys ever had to get ITIL certification? I had a job once that was all gung-ho about it for a few months, it is chock full of this kind of garbage. I successfully avoided it.
Have any of you guys ever had to get ITIL certification? I had a job once that was all gung-ho about it for a few months, it is chock full of this kind of garbage. I successfully avoided it.
I was supposed to be in a three day training for it. The only 3 days I was happy to fight fires and be excused from it. Literally a guy reading a PowerPoint presentation word for word.
I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it. That was at a job where every other week, another "analyst" position got created. Someone new would introduce themselves as a "_____ Analyst" and then we all knew they were a person who did nothing and we could ignore them.
Makes you wonder which phrases you’re taking for granite
We could probably start an entire other thread with stories in which we found out we’d been saying a phrase wrong.
My personal favorite: we had a Marketing VP who kept saying "physical year" instead of fiscal year. Everyone thought this dude must have pronounced it wrong for awhile but it just kept happening. "We should hit our cap-ex budget next physical year". He no longer is employed with us. RIPPPP
Ha. We‘ve got a manager that insists on using the phrase “per se” incorrectly over and over again in conversation. I don’t mean just kind of wrong. We’re talking arbitrarily thrown into the middle of sentences. Meetings with her are absolute torture. It’s like living in that South Park episode.
I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it. That was at a job where every other week, another "analyst" position got created. Someone new would introduce themselves as a "_____ Analyst" and then we all knew they were a person who did nothing and we could ignore them.
Makes you wonder which phrases you’re taking for granite
We could probably start an entire other thread with stories in which we found out we’d been saying a phrase wrong.
My personal favorite: we had a Marketing VP who kept saying "physical year" instead of fiscal year. Everyone thought this dude must have pronounced it wrong for awhile but it just kept happening. "We should hit our cap-ex budget next physical year". He no longer is employed with us. RIPPPP
We have someone who refers to their workstation as a "lab top".
Have no clue of these terms. I still stuck in the 80's with people telling me they need to use the commode
I use the phrase "commode" because I was trying to finish the pieces of a vintage fisher price set and that's the name the seller used for the toilet. It's always stuck with me
As a classics major, this stuff used to really annoy me, but I became inured to it after about a year in Corporate America and just tune it out now.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
As a classics major, this stuff used to really annoy me, but I became inured to it after about a year in Corporate America and just tune it out now.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
Sounds like someone telling you they are going to take a dump.
Whenever I greet the managers at my job I call them
"cap-y-tawn", "cap'n", "big boss man", "fearless leader" "big killer"....
my direct supervisor in a previous job was the assistant director. I'd alternate between calling him "assistant TO the director" and "assistant trailer park supervisor". He had a good sense of humor and Randy's belly so it was all in good fun.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
It means openly sharing information, usually information you wouldn't normally share. For example, "It's time to open the kimono and tell them what our costs are."
I really dislike "next steps," especially as an email subject. It could mean anything from clean out your desk to collect your raise. And not something any non-HR personnel would ever actually say.
Someone mentioned academic jargon and oh boy. I recall in "college writing" course, we had to read some academic English paper that I think was about some kind of critical theory thing. There was a particular sentence in it that was so perfectly incomprehensible, I used to pull it out and read it to random people and they would always either laugh or their jaws would drop open. One of my classmates doing an anthropology thesis and she asked for help understanding an excerpt of a paper. She read it to me and I said, "Are you sure that actually means anything at all?" and she said "No."
We need to create synergy around our change initiative to achieve buy in among the troops. Please create an action plan and well get it squared away when we reconvene.
Not awful but very noticeable: One of our managers says "along the way" all the time. If he is running roll call that day he will say it 5 or 6 times in 15 minutes.
I had a micro managing boss that was supervisor over inventory control, head of the safety committee, and 2nd shift supervisor during 4th quarter.
His line to temps that we'd bring in was "I'm a person that wears many hats around here." And then would go off on a spiel explaining his various roles. Us other full timers that went to 2nd shift with him during 4Q would just roll our eyes. Didn't help that the guy is a snake and a kiss ass.
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Have no clue of these terms. I still stuck in the 80's with people telling me they need to use the commode
The cool kids say they need a "bio break" now. I hate that term.
I've heard this term forever in online gaming, and never understood how "bio" meant bathroom break. I will agree on that being annoying for sure.
"Bio" is used for "Biochemical" People joke about "Biochemical warfare" when farting.
I also agree it's annoying. lol
You mean "Biological" warfare? lol
I was going to say, it's a biological function.
I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it.
I see it all the time. I can see how it makes sense. To get things out of the pipeline/out in the open. It's definitely wrong, though.
Have any of you guys ever had to get ITIL certification? I had a job once that was all gung-ho about it for a few months, it is chock full of this kind of garbage. I successfully avoided it.
I was supposed to be in a three day training for it. The only 3 days I was happy to fight fires and be excused from it. Literally a guy reading a PowerPoint presentation word for word.
I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it. That was at a job where every other week, another "analyst" position got created. Someone new would introduce themselves as a "_____ Analyst" and then we all knew they were a person who did nothing and we could ignore them.
Makes you wonder which phrases you’re taking for granite
We could probably start an entire other thread with stories in which we found out we’d been saying a phrase wrong.
My personal favorite: we had a Marketing VP who kept saying "physical year" instead of fiscal year. Everyone thought this dude must have pronounced it wrong for awhile but it just kept happening. "We should hit our cap-ex budget next physical year". He no longer is employed with us. RIPPPP
Ha. We‘ve got a manager that insists on using the phrase “per se” incorrectly over and over again in conversation. I don’t mean just kind of wrong. We’re talking arbitrarily thrown into the middle of sentences. Meetings with her are absolute torture. It’s like living in that South Park episode.
Originally posted by: Brink
Originally posted by: Scrobins09
Originally posted by: Splain
I worked with another guy who didn't know the phrase "flesh out," but he sure liked to "flush" things out. Made it obvious that he was only saying it because he heard other people saying it. That was at a job where every other week, another "analyst" position got created. Someone new would introduce themselves as a "_____ Analyst" and then we all knew they were a person who did nothing and we could ignore them.
Makes you wonder which phrases you’re taking for granite
We could probably start an entire other thread with stories in which we found out we’d been saying a phrase wrong.
My personal favorite: we had a Marketing VP who kept saying "physical year" instead of fiscal year. Everyone thought this dude must have pronounced it wrong for awhile but it just kept happening. "We should hit our cap-ex budget next physical year". He no longer is employed with us. RIPPPP
We have someone who refers to their workstation as a "lab top".
Have no clue of these terms. I still stuck in the 80's with people telling me they need to use the commode
I use the phrase "commode" because I was trying to finish the pieces of a vintage fisher price set and that's the name the seller used for the toilet. It's always stuck with me
Have no clue of these terms. I still stuck in the 80's with people telling me they need to use the commode
I still say "commode" sometimes. lol
Why the hell do we have to go to church anyways?
Because of that commode mouth!
Good old Simpsons.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
As a classics major, this stuff used to really annoy me, but I became inured to it after about a year in Corporate America and just tune it out now.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
Sounds like someone telling you they are going to take a dump.
"cap-y-tawn", "cap'n", "big boss man", "fearless leader" "big killer"....
Whenever I greet the managers at my job I call them
"cap-y-tawn", "cap'n", "big boss man", "fearless leader" "big killer"....
my direct supervisor in a previous job was the assistant director. I'd alternate between calling him "assistant TO the director" and "assistant trailer park supervisor". He had a good sense of humor and Randy's belly so it was all in good fun.
I've never heard of "opening the kimono," though. What the hell does that mean? It seems like the kind of phrase that would result in me ending up the next day in HR signing performance warning documents.
It means openly sharing information, usually information you wouldn't normally share. For example, "It's time to open the kimono and tell them what our costs are."
Someone mentioned academic jargon and oh boy. I recall in "college writing" course, we had to read some academic English paper that I think was about some kind of critical theory thing. There was a particular sentence in it that was so perfectly incomprehensible, I used to pull it out and read it to random people and they would always either laugh or their jaws would drop open. One of my classmates doing an anthropology thesis and she asked for help understanding an excerpt of a paper. She read it to me and I said, "Are you sure that actually means anything at all?" and she said "No."
One that I just heard was "I need to get back to the salt mine". For context, the guy was going back to his cubicle...
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Whenever I greet the managers at my job I call them
"cap-y-tawn", "cap'n", "big boss man", "fearless leader" "big killer"....
I hope people still remember "fearless leader" is from rocky and bullwinkle.
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His line to temps that we'd bring in was "I'm a person that wears many hats around here." And then would go off on a spiel explaining his various roles. Us other full timers that went to 2nd shift with him during 4Q would just roll our eyes. Didn't help that the guy is a snake and a kiss ass.