What phrase do you hear ALL THE TIME during your working day, that makes you want to scream?!

[Ilovemychocolate]

So I’m a childminder.
Whilst out with the kids (presently four 2 year olds) I hear “you’ve got your hands full” multiple times a day!
Over and over again, and it’s SO hard to react with a smile sometimes! (But I do obviously)
When I worked in shops it was “printed it this morning!” if someone handed me a fresh note.
So what do you hear constantly whilst working, that makes you scream inside?!

talk to when doing a presentation - You're not talking to it

Break out group.
Makes me think of alcatraz.

Brain break / energy refresh / comfort break.
What's wrong with just taking a break?

"What are we doing at lunch". The same as every bloody day.
"Oooh what are you having ".
"Oh I'm glad you're good with computers , I havent got a clue ".

And one colleague who says " to be fair" at the end of every single sentence.
"It was a good weekend , to be fair ".
"I'm just emailing them now , to be fair ".
"I'll have a white coffee, to be fair ".
"I'm finishing at 5 today, to be fair ".
"I've just spoken to John, to be fair ".
"We're in meeting room B, to be fair "

"I'm just calling to get a bit of advice" - no shit Sherlock. You're through to Citizens Advice. I didn't think you were calling to order pizza.

Can I have this binded ( from university educated students) . No but you may have it bound …

Reach out. It makes me retch. Why can't people speak plain?

Nope, can I get is just an abomination.

It's just a gap filler. What do you want them to say? What would you say if you were the one calling?

I work for McDonald's. When I'd done all my e-learning before I started my job, at the end it said "welcome to the McFamily".

Happy Friday….aaarrrggghhhh

Danish - close!

This isn't a work one but I used a moby wrap exclusively with both my babies until they were around 7 months old.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON when they were newborns would SAME DAMN THING.

It's nice for them to be all wrapped up like that cos they can ✨hear the heartbeat✨

Every time. That bloody "heartbeat" line. I would WAIT for them to say it.

Every single supermarket worker. Every family member. Every friend. Every single person ever. And I bet the all thought they were being so insightful.

"Where's the bathroom?" "Where's the bin?" "Do you work here?" "Is someone in the bathroom?" Pull the bloody door and find out. "Isn't anyone on the till?" Not continuously, no, because the company would be paying someone to stand there most of their shift doing nothing.

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Im a classroom assistant an it drives me bonkers lol

GREAT thread.

»With regards to » What’s wrong with just saying « about? »

« kick the tyres » stop it.

I had a boss once who used to give times only using the 24 hour clock. Ridiculous . Especially when I received emails at 2300h asking for a document to be drafted by 0800 h. … clearly thought he was in NASA.

« At the end of the day » you are not a premiership footballer or a contestant on love island . Where it’s more endearing.

Oh and anyone asking how people are « in themselves » How did this become mainstream?

Working on a bar, and whenever this guy orders a glass of tap water he'll always say "last of the big spenders!".

Not a phrase, but the word "like"
It's everywhere. It means nothing and I've recently counted it at least 16 times on one radio interview and all 16 were spoken by the person being interviewed!! I want to hear what they have to say - not wonder if they've lost the power of sensible speech!

I get this as well. When they say that they can’t lie back I’d dearly love to ask “well do you sleep sitting up in a chair then?”

I have less of a filter as I get older and do sometimes just say no now, as it hurts my back. I’ll refer them to someone else

“My pain’s 10 out 10”.. says someone texting on cellphone and uploading their medical experience on instagram whilst eating a sandwich .. no, its not love.

The word 'just'.

'Oh, Mooncup, can you just...'

No, I can't. It's never 'just' anything, it's a lengthy, detailed and immensely technical thing that will take me fucking hours, you've been sitting on it for at least a month and a half, expect me to do it by magic by clicking a mouse four times AND you want it either in 3 hours or it's 9 minutes to the end of my day and you 'just' want it for 7.30am.

"Living the dream"
A random "Hi" on Teams = you think your priority should now be mine and eat into my time.

Getting a call a couple hours before my shift asking"Can you come in as soon as possible?"

When working in cardiology, "I don't have a heart, it's a swinging brick".

Sometimes it was necessary to shave a man's chest, "My wife won't be happy".

After spending 10 mins explaining to a patient the ins and outs of a stress test. A junior Dr would arrive and ask the patient, "Has sashh explained the test to you?" And 90% would say, "no".

One of my pet hates. Even used used Newsreaders in TV channels. And even by a Solicitor in a letter.

It is so phoney and a real cheesy Americanism.As in the song
"Reach out and touch somebody's hand.
Make this would a better place if you can"

Pass the sick bag Alice. As Private Eye used to say .