So what phrases ...?
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So what are your favorite phrases that people use on you that lets you know they are talking completely out of their other end? My favorites are: "Basically, the customer" ....and you can change customer to any other noun and it would be the same "Technically speaking, " .....normally followed by some astounding pile of absolute cr#p. and my favorite programmer one: "The equipment is a bit wonky..." to explain why their stuff doesn't work There are more, but i have heard both of these this morning, (and the programming one recently) and knew instantly, I was about to be fed a line of BS.:mad: So...what are your favorites?
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So what are your favorite phrases that people use on you that lets you know they are talking completely out of their other end? My favorites are: "Basically, the customer" ....and you can change customer to any other noun and it would be the same "Technically speaking, " .....normally followed by some astounding pile of absolute cr#p. and my favorite programmer one: "The equipment is a bit wonky..." to explain why their stuff doesn't work There are more, but i have heard both of these this morning, (and the programming one recently) and knew instantly, I was about to be fed a line of BS.:mad: So...what are your favorites?
"This is our number one priority..." "We didn't change anything..." any use of the phrase "going forward" or similar biz-speak, and any sentence that contains the proper nouns "Sales" or "Marketing".
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"Your not having a pay rise because..."
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That too is my favorite. "You're not getting a raise because of your skills, astounding as they may be. You're getting it because of your unparalleled productivity."
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So what are your favorite phrases that people use on you that lets you know they are talking completely out of their other end? My favorites are: "Basically, the customer" ....and you can change customer to any other noun and it would be the same "Technically speaking, " .....normally followed by some astounding pile of absolute cr#p. and my favorite programmer one: "The equipment is a bit wonky..." to explain why their stuff doesn't work There are more, but i have heard both of these this morning, (and the programming one recently) and knew instantly, I was about to be fed a line of BS.:mad: So...what are your favorites?
[I mention I can fix a bug most would consider a show stopper] "That's out of scope." "In my experience..." [so basically you can't prove what you just said and you are ignoring my counter example] "Oh crap, I just sharted." [usually I just say that in my head]
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That too is my favorite. "You're not getting a raise because of your skills, astounding as they may be. You're getting it because of your unparalleled productivity."
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I just changed out your muffler bearings.
Curvature of the Mind now with 3D
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So what are your favorite phrases that people use on you that lets you know they are talking completely out of their other end? My favorites are: "Basically, the customer" ....and you can change customer to any other noun and it would be the same "Technically speaking, " .....normally followed by some astounding pile of absolute cr#p. and my favorite programmer one: "The equipment is a bit wonky..." to explain why their stuff doesn't work There are more, but i have heard both of these this morning, (and the programming one recently) and knew instantly, I was about to be fed a line of BS.:mad: So...what are your favorites?
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So what are your favorite phrases that people use on you that lets you know they are talking completely out of their other end? My favorites are: "Basically, the customer" ....and you can change customer to any other noun and it would be the same "Technically speaking, " .....normally followed by some astounding pile of absolute cr#p. and my favorite programmer one: "The equipment is a bit wonky..." to explain why their stuff doesn't work There are more, but i have heard both of these this morning, (and the programming one recently) and knew instantly, I was about to be fed a line of BS.:mad: So...what are your favorites?
"[name of guy that does not work here anymore] made this" ...when my boss tells me to fix some code that is impossible to read, write or alter in any way without knowing what the heck might happen X|
It's an OO world.
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Any time someone prepends or appends the phrase "I shit you not!" to any story you know they are full of shit. :) Works in all contexts, personal as well as work related stories.
