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... is an expression that is really starting to get my goat.
Why can’t people say, “in the future” anymore.
When they say, “going forward” do they mean as opposed to “going backwards”?
I was listening to some politician the other day thinking that they making some good sense and then they dropped the GF bomb. Lost me there and then.
Why can’t people say, “in the future” anymore.
When they say, “going forward” do they mean as opposed to “going backwards”?
I was listening to some politician the other day thinking that they making some good sense and then they dropped the GF bomb. Lost me there and then.
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Which breed is your goat
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I was going to say “get on my ****” but wasn’t sure if it would be *’d out.
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Agreed - nobody ever used this monstrous expression back in the day.
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I agree with the OP, its up there with 'so' and 'yes 100%'
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I forgot 'like'
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'In the national interest'
'in line with the advice given' |
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your lack of bromance makes you reactionary freaks miserable old moaners
GET BACK TO YOUR CAVES |
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â€Pro active’ gets me.
As opposed to being in a coma?? |
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As opposed to be reactive
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Now, if you are looking for a REALLY annoying phrase that is routinely spewed out by cabinet ministers then that phrase is “at pace”.
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"in terms of"
standard double speak of the public sector |
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when a project is ditched they now say it has been paused ...
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a new boss once said to me 'let's do lunch so we can touch base and bounce ideas off each other'
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"At this moment in time" wtf is wrong with NOW, I know use 5 words when one will do.
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All new new age phrases are childish
"you've got this" is another that really gets on my nerves, I've sat in enough job centre "courses" to know where they all come from as well Just get yourself booked onto a "course" they "provide" and sit there for 3 hours listening to their ridiculous jargon  , how they don't put themselves to sleep is quite an achievement |
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"positive mindset" is one that I personally love
I'm trying to get a job packing shoes, love, not trying to split the atom |
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Surely it’s better than a negative mindset.
93rd minute of the match, you are waiting for a goal for your acca to come up, a little bit of “positive mindset” and would you believe it GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAL  |
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Engaging Experience
It is what it is Reaching out Embrace change I could take no more of the bull and packed the job in. Positivity apparently, or a cover for incompetence. |
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Angoose I hold out hope of a goal yes but positive mindset no
 "embrace change" Oh I heard that all the time in the "back to work courses" "get out your comfort zone" was another, nah tar, I like being in my comfort zone that's why I put myself in it 99% of the time, so stick that up your jacksy  |
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0 1 to the arsenal
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I lost all respect and couldn't work for my boss any more after what he said to me last week.................................
You're fired!. |
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If you had to pick a Mr Men character that you thought was most like yourself, which would you choose?
Mr Happy? Mr Grumpy? Mr Clever? Or perhaps Mr Impossible? With global sales of more than 120 million, many of us remember the much-loved Roger Hargreaves books from our childhood. But as enjoyable as the tales are to read, few of us would have thought that they had a practical application in the world of business. Well that's the case at UK shoe repair and key-cutting business Timpson, which recruits new staff solely according to which Mr Men characters their personalities resemble. You can turn up for your Timpson interview with the world's finest CV or resume, and all the interviewer will do is work out whether you are a Mr Lazy (you don't have a hope), or a Mr Cheerful (you have a very good chance). "We purely interview for personality," says Mr Timpson, who has been leading his family's firm for the past 42 years. "We're not bothered by qualifications or CVs. We just look at the candidate and work out who they are, are they Mr Grumpy, Mr Slow, Mr Happy? "If they tick all the right boxes then we put them in the shop for half the day. That's it, I dreamt that up years ago." In explaining the thinking behind this rather novel approach to recruitment, Mr Timpson, 74, says that while you can train someone to do a job, you cannot train their personality. |
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no room for complacency
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Then when not build a room for complacency
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All the builders have returned to country of origin.
The British ones have become too complacent........ |
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At the end of the day........I'll probably be in bed asleep.
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Nobody ever starts a sentence with “at the beginning of the day”
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"the likes of" is the crutch of the trendy horse racing journalist.
The Derby was won by the likes of Shergar and Dancing Brave. |
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*Oops ... the likes of Rheingold and Dancing Brave narrowly failed to win the Derby.
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FAT PAT
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No worries......
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I had to phone my bank last week and had the grim misfortune to be told by some utter f**ktard that she would "be helping me on my journey with Lloyds today".
****. |
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You should have asked her 'what time will the bus be coming'....
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"Lessons will be learned".
Apart from the utter futility and insincerity of the expression, they never are learned and the same mistakes persist. |
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Especially when it concerns child abuse.
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"Take it to the next level"
What are these levels? Are they written down? Who defined them? How can I be sure that "the next level" is any better than the current level or indeed the previous level  |
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Push the envelope - whatever that means.
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Postmen do it every day
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To be fair, 'push the envelope' has merit. It is an expression that pilots used when putting aircraft through their paces at the design and testing stages, the envelope being a set of conditions governing safe limitations of an aircraft.
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