Coworker cliche sayings

[BillGates]

Anybody else have coworkers who use the same cliche phrases all the time?

I have 3 coworkers who have a bad habit of it.

One says "Bottom line...." in nearly every conversation.

Another says "The reality of the situation is...."

The third starts lots of discussions with "I'll be honest with you..."



I don't think they know why I crack a smile every time they talk to me.

 

[spidey07]

Let me touch base...
Let's circle back...

 

[Riverhound777]

Can't think of something a co-worker says, but I use to have a teacher that would say "revelent" all the time instead of relevent. Always made me laugh. And my physics teacher in HS always started senences with "interestingly enough"

 

[FoBoT]

"But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions"

"... in theory..."

had an instructor in the Navy that always said "... this should be Intuitively Obvious To Even The Most Casual Observer" meaing if we didn't get it , we were idiots

 

[BillGates]

Forgot about my friend who lately has been saying "Evidently...." when he starts stories - funny stuff.

 

[irishScott]

According to my office-mate, I say "what-not" way too often.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

"somebody has a case of the mondays"

"no. no man, shit no. i believe you get your kicked for saying something like that."

 

[TXHokie]

Mine does the air quotes.

 

[Kadarin]

"To make a long story short..."

I still cringe when I hear that one.

 

[PepePeru]

my boss says 'cool your paws, dude!'

but i like that phrase, no one else says it.

i have to admit i've stole it and use it now.

'come on man...lets go!
'cool your paws, dude'

 

[PClark99]

whenever someone says "this is how I envision the job going", I whip out my BS meter and its off the scale.

 

[SVT Cobra]

"But wait, I don't understand."

"Can you explain this again."

"Let's go over it just one more time."

It's a stupid girl who is only here for her looks...so annoying.

 

[AmpedSilence]

"Fair enough"

Thats like every other phrase here for EVERYBODY. I almost started doing it myself, but caught myself and have avoided it mostly.

 

[SVT Cobra]

"Corporate Accounts Payable, Nina speaking, Just a moment..."

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
"But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions"

"... in theory..."

had an instructor in the Navy that always said "... this should be Intuitively Obvious To Even The Most Casual Observer" meaing if we didn't get it , we were idiots

I always do the visual finger quoty sign and say - It "...should..." work.

 

[MrPickins]

One of my old coworkers would constantly respond to anything you say with "I'd imagine!" , but shortened down to "'magine!"
He also had a habit of calling people "Bubba" or "Bubbs", so often it was "'magine, Bubbs!"

It got old very quickly.

 

[ELopes580]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
"somebody has a case of the mondays"

"no. no man, shit no. i believe you get your kicked for saying something like that."

:thumbsup:

 

[hiromizu]

I feel bad for the shoulder tap victims.

 

[daveshel]

"Backfill me when you get a chance." (Meaning 'catch me up on the background but not now.')

 

[funkymatt]

"truth be told"

"one time in band camp..."


okay i made up the 2nd one.

 

[StartingLine]

always people talking about 'well take that with a grain of salt'

and always the plate, i am so sick of hearing the damn plate 'well lets get this on their plate lets put it on this plate plate plate'

 

[Safeway]

"It wasn't me."

"Fresh coffee."

"How do I ..."

"Hey, can you ... for me?"

"I'm leaving early."

"Sorry I was late, I ..."

"Good morning."

 

[Tiamat]

instead of "that person" when one of my coworkers forgets their name, he says "that fvcker". took me a while to get used to that.

 

[pontifex]

had a guy who would say "basically" or "essentially" all the time at my last job.
one of the bosses was always talking about paradigms.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
One of my old coworkers would constantly respond to anything you say with "I'd imagine!" , but shortened down to "'magine!"
He also had a habit of calling people "Bubba" or "Bubbs", so often it was "'magine, Bubbs!"

It got old very quickly.

ROFL