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?!

“Charge it”

this wasn’t in my day to day but on love island and still makes me want to vomit

That's one I really don't understand. Where did it come from? Why do people do it? Anyone on here who can explain?

Another one is deck for presentation but that was explained to me because of slide deck.

I am assuming you're female - don't say it - men don't and it's a woman thing that makes you sound less sure of yourself. Just ask if they have any questions. if you are genuinely worried you didn't make sense!

I ignore the hanging hi too. If they want me, they can tell me what they want first!

I know...it just started happening at my workplace within the last 6 months. It doesn't really make sense and I cant bring myself to say it.. others seem to hear it once and then start saying it

I can assure you that many autistic men do. I've finally realised at the age of 58 that I don't say things the way NT people do, and I'm fed up with the deluge of questions after I say something. So I ask "does that make sense?"

It's a learnt autistic behaviour. You can assume all you want.

Oh my god. At my last job - which I absolutely hated - ‘socialising’ an inanimate item, such as a policy, was used several times a week. I’m not taking the fucker out for a walk or off to nursery, it’s a bloody policy you absolute twonks. Came from the CEO and of course it then spread to her grasping minions with delusions of grandeur and beyond like wildfire. I also got ‘the voice of’ a lot, when a particular role was described. As in ‘she is the voice of XX’. When I questioned those same senior managers what this really meant, it was immediately obvious this too had been bandied about by the CEO but nobody had actually considered what it actually defined, because they were left lost for words.
I loathe corporate bullshit, just a grown up version of school politics with more buffoonery and cosplay as grownups.

I also second the ‘journey’ nonsense. You’re not on a journey, Pam, you’re just on a diet. You’re not on a mental health journey Mike, you’re just having therapy and taking antidepressants now. Tedious.

"Journey" has been going for at least 14 years, DS1 had a "learning journey" in nursery. I hate it.

''Are you OK?''

Always in films! I'm lying on the ground, deader than a Dodo. Smack in the wildest parts of southwest Alaska. I've been mauled and ripped apart by a massive Kodiak Bear, which stands over 10 feet tall and weighs 107 stone. I'm riddled with bullets, I've got an axe poking out of my head, a spear in my back, and some idiot comes over, sees ... urm... what little bit is left of me and asks ''Are you OK?!

Overly wide use of "myself" and "yourself" in a misguided attempt to sound formal, as in "Myself will just fetch that for yourself".

We mustn't forget the new

'I hope this email finds you well'.

Sod off. No, you don't, any more than ChatGPT does. Just go back to being a human and type 'Have you got the report on spinglemandelbrots yet?'.

Not always in work but
"Its giving" at the start of a sentence
"Its giving sunshine"
"Its giving windy"
"Its giving rain"
"Its giving stress"

Fuck right off!! It makes me sick!

But if you don't say that you get accused of being abrasive....

''While I'm here...''
''Actually its several issues...''
''Firstly...''

NO! You know the rules people... its for a reason

"Keep me honest" Don't talk bullshit then!

Not if you send it to me, you won't. And I'm more likely to respond quickly because you haven't irritated me by putting more effort into opening up a browser, going to ChatGPT, typing the prompt, then adding 'make this friendly and professional', copying, switching to email, creating a new email, pasting, entering in the email address then sending that than it would have taken to just speak to me like a human being.

If you want to be really nice and fluffy, reply to me once I've done it with 'Thank you!' or in extremis 'That's brilliant, thank you so much' so I can briefly clock it before it gets filtered.

«Why???????wwwwhhhhhhyyyyyy?

Eh? Some of us are more than capable of writing 'I hope you're well' independently. Usually if I haven't spoken to them for a while. Luckily the people where I work have time for the odd pleasantry.

We mustn't forget the new

'I hope this email finds you well'.

I was just saying at work today, how this fucking annoys the shit out of me.

It’s so utterly pointless and meaningless and, dare I say it, girly. Like the nauseating ‘x’ at the ends of texts, I don’t see men doing it.

Get to the point and stop using this insincere and overused platitude.

I used to teach in a srcondary school. It was the skirt thing for the girls and 'tuck your shirt in for the boys. Must've sounded like a broken record!

My husband is this sort of person. I apologise on his behalf. The other day we were going through the checkout st our local small supermarket and he'd picked up some mouth wash. As he put in the bag he said, 'Ah, yes - some mouth wash for my wife's bad breath.' I scolded him and everyone in the queue was lsughing. I could've died. He does things like this all the time!

What an arse.

Actually choosing the AI voice?

I'm not sure if that's better or even worse.

Not a work comment but when I'm out with my Nordic Walking group, we either get "Have you lost your skis?" or "Where's the snow?"

@BestZebbieaaaah yes - the unnecessary reflexive. Beloved of recruitment consultants and estate agents.