Management Malapropisms
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They have unilaterally renamed our Tourist Information Centre the *Destination Centre*. To help they have even put up signs to the *Destination Centre*, they just forgot one thing.
WHO THE f
k KNOWS WHAT A DESTINATION CENTRE IS?
It takes a council to implement something truly cretinous. Tourists now come to Peterborough, see the signs for the Destination Centre, wonder what the fk it is and then ask for the Tourist Information Centre.
Just fking say what it is 
WHO THE f
k KNOWS WHAT A DESTINATION CENTRE IS?It takes a council to implement something truly cretinous. Tourists now come to Peterborough, see the signs for the Destination Centre, wonder what the f
k it is and then ask for the Tourist Information Centre.Just f
king say what it is Antony Moxey said:
CVP said:
Speak straight and everyone knows where they stand. If it's good tell me. If I'm in the cack tell me but don't dance round the handbags using words or phrases you don't understand!
Don't what? Speak straight please, so everyone knows where they stand...
But you did know what I meant so the message got across 
BliarOut said:
They have unilaterally renamed our Tourist Information Centre the *Destination Centre*. To help they have even put up signs to the *Destination Centre*, they just forgot one thing.
WHO THE fk KNOWS WHAT A DESTINATION CENTRE IS?
It takes a council to implement something truly cretinous. Tourists now come to Peterborough, see the signs for the Destination Centre, wonder what the fk it is and then ask for the Tourist Information Centre.
Just fking say what it is
The sign manufacturer must love the revenue from all the new signs...WHO THE f
k KNOWS WHAT A DESTINATION CENTRE IS?It takes a council to implement something truly cretinous. Tourists now come to Peterborough, see the signs for the Destination Centre, wonder what the f
k it is and then ask for the Tourist Information Centre.Just f
king say what it is Kermit power said:
themike888 said:
Think I must have heard the term "leveraging our synergies" about 40 times in the last two days. Ok its not as bad as some nonsense you hear, and actually does strictly make sense, but ffs, why not say "working together" or similar? The next time someone says it will be not without incident.....
"Leveraging out synergies" and "working together" aren't the same thing though, are they?To put "leveraging our synergies" into plain English, I suppose you'd have to go for something like "let's work together to identify those areas of our respective offerings most likely to deliver mutually beneficial results if we concentrate on them, and then agree to do just that". Or something similar.
It might be a bit American, but it is undeniably the most efficient way of saying what you're trying to say. Unless, of course, the person saying it actually means something completely different, in which case carry on as you were.
Edited by themike888 on Wednesday 15th December 18:50
Kermit power said:
themike888 said:
Think I must have heard the term "leveraging our synergies" about 40 times in the last two days. Ok its not as bad as some nonsense you hear, and actually does strictly make sense, but ffs, why not say "working together" or similar? The next time someone says it will be not without incident.....
"Leveraging out synergies" and "working together" aren't the same thing though, are they?To put "leveraging our synergies" into plain English, I suppose you'd have to go for something like "let's work together to identify those areas of our respective offerings most likely to deliver mutually beneficial results if we concentrate on them, and then agree to do just that". Or something similar.
It might be a bit American, but it is undeniably the most efficient way of saying what you're trying to say. Unless, of course, the person saying it actually means something completely different, in which case carry on as you were.
Kermit power said:
themike888 said:
Think I must have heard the term "leveraging our synergies" about 40 times in the last two days. Ok its not as bad as some nonsense you hear, and actually does strictly make sense, but ffs, why not say "working together" or similar? The next time someone says it will be not without incident.....
"Leveraging out synergies" and "working together" aren't the same thing though, are they?To put "leveraging our synergies" into plain English, I suppose you'd have to go for something like "let's work together to identify those areas of our respective offerings most likely to deliver mutually beneficial results if we concentrate on them, and then agree to do just that". Or something similar.
It might be a bit American, but it is undeniably the most efficient way of saying what you're trying to say. Unless, of course, the person saying it actually means something completely different, in which case carry on as you were.
But once the terminology escapes the hallowed 'Lean' partition in the cube farm, and management start spouting all this TIMWOODS...
Leveraging synergies, my a
e - we need to touch cloth on that one, sharpish 
.Engineer1 said:
carl carlson said:
I have to do a straw man report on some stuff. I have no idea what he means.
A straw man is an easily destroyed argument so a straw man report could be a report that makes a solution less appealing meaning the manager's pet solution is used.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff