Banal phrases that pepper everyday office conversation

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"we need to regroup"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link

"on your plate"
"on the back burner"
"table the discussion" (meaning begin talking about something now)
"table the discussion" (meaning defer talking about something until later)

― wetmink (wetmink), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link

"we need to expedite this process"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link

"you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it sure helps!!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link

'that's a topic we can use to facilitate debate'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

"can i ask you a question?"

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

'so.... on your way home are you?'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

"so nice of you to join us"

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link

"i'm headin' out...you gonna be here for awhile?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

'another day another dollar'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"did you see 'desperate housewives' last night?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"you're still here?"
"can you do me a favor?"

― wetmink (wetmink), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

"the traffic this morning was awful"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

'that's fallen off the agenda'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

"we need to mitigate the risks"

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link

"i'm going to starbuck's, anyone want anything?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link

"printer needs paper"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link

'keep that under your hat'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link

'i see you've broken the photocopier again gemma'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link

off the record

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"there's an upside to this"

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"[xx] years till retirement!"

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

"you could call helpdesk, but if you want it fixed quick ask xxxx"

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

"working hard or hardly working?"

― La Monte (La Monte), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

'can't believe it's monday already'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

"could i borrow your hi-liter?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link

"it's tuesday right? feels like a wednesday..."

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link

"that's not my department"

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread is giving me the willies. and rightly so.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link

me too. thank god my office window doesn't open.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link

"put that in your pipe and smoke it"

― Remy (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link

"That's like a Seinfeld episode!"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"could you shelve that for now and switch over to this?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"some days you're the top dog, other days you're the hydrant"

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"i don't need that tonight but if you could get it to me in the morning that would be terrific"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"we're ordering lunch in today, anyone want anything?"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

'the place would fall down without you'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

"Kudos to you and your team!"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link

"i brought in some krispy kremes!"

"ohhh nice!!"
"oh god, I can't have those"

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link

"We need to focus on addressing the concerns of the clients"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

'we're moving to outcome-based management'

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link

mullygrubber multiply otm

― dj, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link

"The code should be modular"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

"dont work too hard!"

and

"well, at the end of the day..."

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link

"can of worms"

"dog and pony show"

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link

"are we winning?"

― Mil (Mil), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:27 (eighteen years ago) link

my dad says that constantly. also 'now we're cooking with gas'.

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link

"Don't blame me, its monday!"

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link

"Hey Chapelle Corby got 20 years I just heard it on the radio"

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link

"OMG Trayce what are you doing with that baseball bat? ARGH! NOOOO"

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link

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I have a friend that speaks "office-ese" habitually. To her "going out drinking" is "implimenting a beverage consumtion plan of action".
She lost her job a while abck and I think she just needs a way to get that sort of jargon out of her system.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 June 2005 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link

"Turn everything off, then turn everything on again, then turn the video off."

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 9 June 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link

In my mind, I'm trying to see if it raises any red flags.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 10 June 2005 11:42 (eighteen years ago) link

four months pass...

"I can't perform miracles here, I can only work with what i'm given"

― gear (gear), Saturday, 15 October 2005 04:55 (eighteen years ago) link

"just checking in on the ETA of that project you're working on. Sooner the better."

― gear (gear), Saturday, 15 October 2005 04:56 (eighteen years ago) link

"could you send me that file?"
"sure! (pause, typing...) you should be getting it....right....now..."
"thanks"

― gear (gear), Saturday, 15 October 2005 05:05 (eighteen years ago) link

hahaha, good call on that last one!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 15 October 2005 05:10 (eighteen years ago) link

"hey i couldn't open that file, could you resend it?"
"oh i see, i should have sent it as a doc file, not as a txt file. you should be getting it....right....about.....now!"
"thanks"

― gear (gear), Saturday, 15 October 2005 05:13 (eighteen years ago) link

"I swear I'm not staying in this place another year"

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 15 October 2005 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link

"I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page"

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 15 October 2005 05:15 (eighteen years ago) link

"no, the channel editors do that now"

"yes, 18 hours a day"

"it's not within the window"

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 15 October 2005 06:01 (eighteen years ago) link

"I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page"

See also "I just want to make sure we're all singing from the same hymnsheet".

"Just nipping out to Greggs, anyone want anything?"

"Oh, I can't have that, that's [consults Weightwatchers handbook] 14 points, and I've only got 10 left because I put butter on my toast this morning blah blah" FUCK OFF!!!!

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 15 October 2005 07:53 (eighteen years ago) link

"Obviously I reserve our client's right to comment"

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 15 October 2005 10:29 (eighteen years ago) link

"so when are we gonna fuck?"

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 October 2005 06:14 (eighteen years ago) link

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