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?!

How about pushback and lets dive in ?

I was going to say exactly the same thing! 😄 Grrrrrrrr!!!!!

My husband is a builder, and if he’s decorating, he’ll hear at least once a day.

I ignore the loaded ‘Hi’.

If you have something to say, just get on with it.
You don’t have to cushion the blow, and pretend to be just saying hello.

That’s just (what I call) verbal cotton wool. It’s plainly unnecessary, but the sentence needs a bit of padding.

Linguists call them ‘placeholder phrases’.

‘Can we step outside’ sounds a bit ominous!

Very much so. They might actually want something else.

"Its all hands on deck" i hate that with a pure passion😒😒

“Just a quick question”.

I am a lawyer. It’s so rarely fucking quick. Quick for you to ask - much, much longer for me to answer.

not my vibe or what a vibe from 40-50 year olds 😂😂

All you " can I get" haters better brace yourselves if you come to Scotland where it is standard use of the language and has been ever since I can remember.

Oh my, this! I get emails saying can you call me I’ve got some questions, well put the questions in the fucking email then, so I can look up any relevant information rather than expecting me to know on the hoof on a phone call and wasting my time!

Miss Comfy, he/she won't share x with me!

Translate - they won't give it to me immediately.

How do we socialise this?
Let’s amplify this.

I work in Comms. ARGH.

Yes and I’ve found if you don’t do this bit of initial “padding”, the person often isn’t listening to what you say to begin with so you have to repeat it. It’s a bit like radio conversations in old films where they say “do you read me, over” at the start. You say something waffly at the start to give the person time to switch their brain on.

Me too - I can’t hear someone at work say pivot without shouting back at them “PIVOT! - PIVOT!!” and they just don’t get the reference because they’re all too young.

Deep dive

@Bumblebeeforeverare you a lawyer too?

”Yeah sure, call me and ask questions. I am sure to know all the answers, as I know all the laws ever: it’s all inside my big lawyer’s brain”.

JESUS.

Where's the bloody pens gone

How many syns is in that?

fuck off

It's not so much a phrase, but more of a word being constantly misused.
The word is "of"
For example:
I should of gone home
I can't of read this right.
I would of helped you.
Whatever happened to the word "have".🤔

’the ask is …’
overuse of the word ‘challenge’

GP receptionist. Patient calls to book an appointment.
Me: "the next available appointment is X date"
Patient: "do you not have anything sooner?"
🤦‍♀️

Gets quite irritating when you hear it multiple times a day 🫠

We put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

I work for you, you really don't

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”If if ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
But there’s a problem with it- old failing dentistry, decay, even infection.
Pain is not the only reason to have work done!