Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl
Discussion
H22observer said:
"Lessons will be learned"
Anyone, ANYONE who ever says this is an untrustworthy scumbag.What they actually mean is;
"You've found out about our expenses claims/call girls/rent boys/paedo ring/bribes/drug addiction/criminally bad mis-management/totally catastrophic ineptitude/fixing of exam results/mis-counting of immigrants/lack of airport security/syphoning off of funds meant for NHS trusts/lack of the very basic rules of health and safety & we will endeavour to make sure it won't happen again.
By which we mean, next time we do it, we'll just make sure we do a better job of the cover-up,"
Morningside said:
Followed by
"Ring fenced"
"Safeguards have been put in place"
"We will make sure that it will never happen again"
"Ring fenced"
"Safeguards have been put in place"
"We will make sure that it will never happen again"
Edited by Morningside on Thursday 10th July 20:52
"Tackling the deficit and dealing with our debts"
Translation - "We are still racking up massive debts, but the general public are gullible morons so we will present it in a way that looks like we have it under control, even though it isn't."
shirt said:
'touch base' is the one that really annoys me, especially when used by someone i have respect for. it has no meaning and is absurd.
This....What the fk does it actually mean?
Why not say "I'll give you a call" or something similar.
If someone uses it on me I instantly think "what a tt" and usually walk away!
That is all.
Burn down chart.
Line of balance
I had to say "I have no idea what you are talking about, because in my 25 year career, I have never come across those terms"
and when I found out what they were I said "So that's a chart summarising the delivery plan for the arrears, and a delivery plan for arrears? Why not say that instead of confusing people? "
Line of balance
I had to say "I have no idea what you are talking about, because in my 25 year career, I have never come across those terms"
and when I found out what they were I said "So that's a chart summarising the delivery plan for the arrears, and a delivery plan for arrears? Why not say that instead of confusing people? "
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