![]() ![]() Some frustrated employees have taken to playing "Buzzword Bingo," during meetings, using cards with expressions like "outside the box" or "on the same page." Fortunately, such jargon goes out of style pretty quickly. Such office jargon is pretty annoying, and it's an assault on the ears even to hear it. "Why can't she say 'in future?'" I used to grumble. At the end of a long chastising lecture, she would announce, "Going forward, you should blah blah, blah." For some reason, it grated. (MoneyWatch) Once upon a time and about two jobs ago, one of my colleagues who was so officious that she carried around three clipboards to make sure that she was getting on everybody's nerves, constantly used the expression "going forward." She usually said it after you made a minor mistake that she deemed outrageous, like filling out a purchase order incorrectly or routing a file to the wrong person.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |