The problem is....
It comes up in just about any situation, usually when someone is trying to get something done, and someone else (usually an oxygen thief of some sort of description) is trying to sound big and clever by wilfully misinterpreting whatever has been put in front of them.

The problem is.... NO!!! Read the briefings, then look through them again, then come back with constructive questions. The only problem is narrow minded fuckwit who doesn't understand what's going on, makes some half arsed objection (usually very loudly).

In actual fact, all you're doing is extending whatever god forsaken meeting for an extra twenty minutes until you've had your say and reached exactly the same conclusion that everyone else did before the chocolate biscuits ran out.

You can almost guarantee that the person that started their mundane little objection with "the problem is..." has chronic b.o. and on occasion, missing teeth. So there's the real problem, less interference with other people's affairs and more attention to basic forms of hygene.

And that's why whenever I hear those three little words, I know it's going to be a long day...
(libraryboy Cheer up, you could be french!, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 17:17, Reply)