the problem is it's slowly creeping in
because people who wouldn't ordinarily use it hear it so often they start responding with the same. I said "so we're all on the same page" the other day and then inwardly slapped myself.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:40, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I pride myself on having never used any corporate bullshit speak since I started here.
I would willingly rip off my own testicles if I ever succumbed to such nonsense.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:43, Reply)

Ditto
However. I get the feeling that I'm treated with suspicion when I avoid using such terms in favour of proper sentences.

"Ach, I'll speak to XXX and see what the deal is. In the future I'll make sure we do that from the start."

"I will ping XXX an email and then touch base. Going forward this is a procedure that must be actioned prior to any decision."
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:58, Reply)

There's a thesis in here somewhere.
Do the (aspiring) managing classes invent their own cockney? Is it to reasure themselves they have the biggest tribe? Is it to identify outsiders?

*Ponders*
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 13:18, Reply)

I said that the other day!
I was talking about a script, though. And we all had a copy. And we were confused about where we were in the play.

I don't know if this excuses me.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:47, Reply)

haha literal jargon is ok
like if choir boys discuss whether or not they're all reading the same piece of music. Or if you work at a carnival on the duck range and you've had trouble with misaligned targets.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Oh God, yeah.
"We need to get our ducks lined up" is another one. Fuck's sake.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Is that really one?
Oh dear sweet lord Ronnie Corbett.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:55, Reply)

Yep.
Otherwise known as getting our story straight and singing from the same hymn sheet.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:56, Reply)

So at the St George's Day parade, when I run the Flag up the pole it's OK to see who salutes?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 13:02, Reply)

The other problem is that stupid people use it in order to try and sound intelligent

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:48, Reply)

I hate when people use 'yourself' and 'myself'
when talking on the phone, you and me is fine!!

And when people say "he and I" when it should be "me and him"; that's always thick people trying to sound intelligent, I get it all the time with clients.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:50, Reply)

But long words are more cleverer!
Someone once tried to sell me a suit whilst constantly referring to me as "yourself" and playfully slapping my arm. He's dead now. I still have the suit.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I think we need to sit down on this.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 13:05, Reply)