Coworker cliche sayings

[Drako]

Originally posted by: iRONic
A crusty old crew chief I worked with began every conversation with "Back in the day..."

Yeah, Sparky, when Lindberg and Earhart were your pilots. Jeebus, I hated that guy.

LOL, that reminds me of a 20 something guy I worked with at my last job. At least once a day he would say "In a previous life, I did .....". This was usually in reference to his last job.

 

[alrocky]

"Consider it a learning experience."

Heaven forbid you drop something near him and lean over to pick it up:

"While you're down there..."

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

"Good managers supervise"
"Invest your time in the future"

 

[Pliablemoose]

Ever since they put cameras in our break room & an LCD monitor with revolving corporate promotional stuff on it next to the TV, I've been mumbling "Drink the Kool Aid" & "Anyone read the book 1984?"

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: Yreka
Oh I hear some real annoying ones.

"Hey quit eating my lunch"
"Eww, put that thing away"
"quit breathing on my neck"
"are you following me?"
"What are you doing in the womans room?!"

Bunch of curmudgeons working here :|

LOL....nice

 

[DainBramaged]

"I just licked that." --First said from one co-worker to another when the latter got back from the bathroom to finish up his beef stew.

Now, anytime a copy machine doesn't work, or the food tastes bad, or somethings is sticky, it's because it got licked.

 

[spidey07]

"Run it up the flagpole..."

"we need to yokotan..."

"You need to Champion this..."

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Ever since they put cameras in our break room & an LCD monitor with revolving corporate promotional stuff on it next to the TV, I've been mumbling "Drink the Kool Aid" & "Anyone read the book 1984?"

Are you the guy with the moustache and the tin foil hat I've been watching?!

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Ever since they put cameras in our break room & an LCD monitor with revolving corporate promotional stuff on it next to the TV, I've been mumbling "Drink the Kool Aid" & "Anyone read the book 1984?"

I'm starting 1984 tonight.

 

[Skacer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
"You need to Champion this..."

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[shortylickens]

I was once on a plane and heard a guy on a cell phone "touch base" with his wife, kids, and 3 bowling buddies.
Touch base is used too much.

The rest I can deal with.

Except utilize.

"Hey shorty, utilize that stapler on those two sheets of paper."
"Utilize your screwdriver right there."


FVCK OFF!

 

[Triumph]

Everytime it rains, I make a point of being the guy that says, "We need this rain." Doesn't matter if we need it or if it rained all day yesterday, I still love saying it.

"Yeah, we need this rain."

 

[kranky]

Not really a cliche, but...

The printed materials you get when you take a training class - I would assume most people call them "handouts" or "manuals" or something similar?

We have a guy who conducts training classes, and he relentlessly calls the materials he gives you "class collaterals".

"Welcome, please pick up your class collaterals at the back of the room."
"We'll continue tomorrow morning at 8, please take your class collaterals with you."
"You can leave your class collaterals here during the lunch break."
"If you need an extra copy of your class collaterals, you can download them on the Intranet."

 

[Regs]

"To make a long story short..."

(3 hours later)

 

[otispunkmeyer]

i say "oh aye yeah...." too much

my 63 year old coworker says c*nt, f*ck, bastard, bitch, sh*t, f*cking, arsehole etc practically every time he opens his mouth, and is even worse when pissed off. it doesnt matter what or who he is speaking too...... managers, bosses....everyone gets it.

 

[Aikouka]

My boss always comes up to me and starts everything off with "Mmm yeaaaaah..." then starts asking me about reports and stuff taht I most certainly didn't start because I was neffing it up on ATOT!

But actually, I don't really notice anything about coworkers, but I tend to use "well..." a lot when I explain something, and it always starts off the explanation. "Hey, how'd the job go?" "Weeeeeeeeell..."

 

[Nerva]

i have got plenty of this!!!

here we go.

1. in the end of the day...
2. when i was an analyst back in the days...
3. would do this sooner rather than later
4. were you able to find anything on this industry? no? keep digging
5. why dont you take the first stab at this
6. moving forward, lets...

i will post more as they come to mind

 

[Axoliien]

When I write technical specs I put as many assumptions as I can into them so the user can't say they didn't know I was assuming something. One lady always responds with changes to the specs and says, every freaking time, "When you assume you make an ass out of you and me." Not like a quote at the end of her sig, but she says it somewhere in her response. Drives me crazy, I've tried explaining that assumptions are part of the development process but she says that is stupid. Ah, functional people...

Oh yeah, forgot "same difference", same meaning you are comparing at least 2 things, and difference saying you are comparing at least 2 things, so you would have to have at least least 3 things so you could say the differences are the same, difference between A and B is the same as difference between B and C, so then same difference. Not same difference between just A and B. I don't know why I'm so picky about this?

 

[kthroyer]

When speaking on the phone my boss uses this phrase almost everytime:

"Let me ask you this"

I used to work with this older guy who, everyday at lunch time would announce:

"It's eating time in Russia.... Soviet (So we ate)"

It got to the point where it was a joke among everybody else, and we would use it throughout day.

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

when I walk around at work people often say to me "hey, fvck you, ni**er"

 

[Axoliien]

Originally posted by: Ilikepiedoyou
when I walk around at work people often say to me "hey, fvck you, ni**er"

 

[Mrvile]

"Touch base" really gets on my nerves. It's soo...stupid.

Ib say "So what's the forecast for tomorrow?" a lot because my jo right now is very weather dependent. I don't know why I always ask but I can imagine it gets pretty annoying

 

[dotcom173]

"oh jiminey christmas!"

 

[dotcom173]

"oh jiminey christmas!"

 

[lanielf]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
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'

In french, the translation for that is "Refroidit tes ardeurs" or Cool your heat

lol