Solution:
As in "it's our latest customer service solution"
or "tooth whitening solution"
etc.etc.etc
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Remember Gus from Drop the Dead Donkey?
He would say, 'Let me pop this into your perculator and see if it comes out brown' etc
Hilarious.
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Team.
Never worked in one yet. Groups, yes; teams, no. It's a pipe dream.
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God we must work in the same office.Originally posted by beaker View PostAn a guy I used to work with managed to start nearly every sentence with "It's basically a case of..." or "What it boils down to". Annoying at first, funnier as time went by.
If we were really lucky he'd combine the two into "What it basically boils down to, its a case of...", which doesn't really make any sense at all.
What are the most annoying phrases you've heard?
In meetings I find myself muttering 'get to the fffing point'
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Or their nannies.Originally posted by chicane View PostI suspect in some cases that they're still dressed by their mothers.
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I'm always impressed with 'going forward'. So you're ruling out time travel then, well done. No-one mentioned 'synergy' yet. Amazes me how these people coming out with this stuff can dress themselves in the morning.
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Smile, it may never happen
It already fekin did alright, so die you overly happy sanctimonious Barsteward.
I may have to kill the next person that says it to me when I'm miserable.
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"First things first..."
"Let's run that one up the flagpole and see who salutes it..."
"Step up to the plate..."
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