What's your "work language"

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Please tell me someone else is also surrounded by meaningless jargon whether that's in an office or with your kids:

I cannot STAND:
boil the ocrean
net-net
get a quick pulse
incentivize
low hanging fruit
from this juncture
leverage yourself/the resources/ the data
going forward (like instead of going backward???)
spin your wheels
back of the envelope
get granular
bandwidth
synergize
out of pocket
take ownership
black box
boilerplate

[LynnAlicia]

GOOD LIST!

I hear FIRE DRILL a lot at work. Hate it BLAH.

[PrincessFiona]

Rise and shine
Move your toots
That shit won't fly
Planner madness
Drive me to drink

[lovelight]

Implement it with fidelity
Today we earn our A
Move them to tier 2
Guaranteed and viable
Post your IFC's

Gosh, thinking about those make me glad I'm on leave right now. Hahah


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[Mrs. MD, Esq.]

"Back to the drawing board" (used 12 times yesterday ugh).

[SoonerTexan]

What's your "work language"

Resources, bandwidth, and low hanging fruit come up a lot here

"This needs to be escalated"

"In the ditch"

"Innovate"

"Pull in/push out"

"Center of excellence"=overseas cheap workers

And my favorite "what's the priority on this?" "Is this my top priority" "we need to talk about priorities" "what the f are the priorities?!"

Oh and a shit ton of acronyms that mean nothing to anyone outside our company

[MDPhDWife]

"At the end of the day" is one that drives DH crazy.

"Think outside the box"

[MrsK]

Death by a thousand papercuts
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
Making chicken salad from chicken shit
Going fetal
Tighten the boot
Cratering
Take the thorn out of his paw
Don't call his baby ugly

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[MrsK]

Death by a thousand papercuts
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
Making chicken salad from chicken shit
Going fetal
Tighten the boot
Cratering
Take the thorn out of his paw
Don't call his baby ugly

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These pertain to a prior workplace, of course.

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[MAPPLEBUM]

Benchmarks
Behavioral Issues
Give me your eyes
Stop playing
Play it slower
I'll play with you
That was a rhetorical question
Stop talking
What note is that.
Tune to me.
Practice with a drone.
Did you practice with a drone?
PRACTICE WITH A DRONE.

[SoonerTexan]

Rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic is how a finance manager described the process I currently oversea in my role :/

[oceanchild]

Practice with a drone.
Did you practice with a drone?
PRACTICE WITH A DRONE.

Ok, I've taken a lot of music lessons, and I have no idea what this means!

The one that annoys me most here is stakeholders. "We've met with all the stakeholders." "All the stakeholders have signed on to this plan." "I'm worried we haven't heard from enough stakeholders."

[mommax3]

From our old principal, who resigned this past summer (thank God!)

We're building the plane in the air.
That being said, .....
Shareholder satisfaction
....with fidelity

What I hear in my classroom:
What are we doing today?
(It is always, *always*, on the board)
My folder isn't there.
I can't find my folder.

What I say too often in my classroom:
Self-control, please.
Ladies and gentlemen....
Check your posture.
Tall mouths, please.
Where should you be looking?
Sit tall.

[MAPPLEBUM]

Ok, I've taken a lot of music lessons, and I have no idea what this means!

The one that annoys me most here is stakeholders. "We've met with all the stakeholders." "All the stakeholders have signed on to this plan." "I'm worried we haven't heard from enough stakeholders."

It's when you turn on a continuous note, usually the tonic for whatever key you're in, and tune each note to it. I have little patience when students don't practice the way I tell them.

[oceanchild]

Ah, it's a string thing. That makes me feel better.