What are some of the sayings your boss repeats time and time again that drives you bonkers?
My boss says "Moving Forward" with everything...
My boss says "Moving Forward" with everything...
Bossisms
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I speak to my boss maybe once every two weeks.
"Can I see that on a spreadsheet?"
"You're Fired"
That so and so from some other area is "squeezing his shoes."
my old boss always said "bookoos" as in you dont have bookoos of help tonight
"Tangential" - Funny part is, she never uses it correctly....
"Again, it goes back to...." - This phrase annoys the living hell out of me....cause what comes after it NEVER refers to anything that ever happened...
"Paradigm shift" - For the most part this phrase is used correctly, but it's lost all it's meaning cause she uses it so much.
I like playing buzzword bingo in my meetings...I just make up a little matrix and pass it out to my buddies...then the "winner" buys the first round on Friday's. Good times....
"Again, it goes back to...." - This phrase annoys the living hell out of me....cause what comes after it NEVER refers to anything that ever happened...
"Paradigm shift" - For the most part this phrase is used correctly, but it's lost all it's meaning cause she uses it so much.
I like playing buzzword bingo in my meetings...I just make up a little matrix and pass it out to my buddies...then the "winner" buys the first round on Friday's. Good times....
"If you don't tell your wife, I won't tell my husband."
"I've got a headache"
"Do the dishes"
"Mow the lawn"
"I'm not sucking that"
"I curse the day I married you"
"Just f*cken do what I say"
"Do the dishes"
"Mow the lawn"
"I'm not sucking that"
"I curse the day I married you"
"Just f*cken do what I say"
"I have an opportunity for you"-->Translation: Bend over, you're ****ed.
Hahaha...the other boss...I almost forgot-
"You think you're so damned clever."
---OR---
"So- I'm guessing you don't recall having this conversation already?"
my boss says
"uhhhh um................................................................................................................................................................. uh.........uh........................ um........................... I um.........................................................................I forgot what I was going to say".
"uhhhh um................................................................................................................................................................. uh.........uh........................ um........................... I um.........................................................................I forgot what I was going to say".
My other boss always says, when I ask the location of something I've misplaced, "If it was up your ass you'd know."
"Better check yourself before you wreck yourself" Man, I hated that guy...
"Didn't you eat yesterday?"
(Former boss, that is.)
(Former boss, that is.)
notwithstanding...
my boss, who's name is Wayne, just LOVES to say that.
we all joke that we are prisoners of a very bad version of Waynes World
my boss, who's name is Wayne, just LOVES to say that.
we all joke that we are prisoners of a very bad version of Waynes World
Not a boss but a coworker will say "in other words" to start a statement and upwords of 10 times in a 5 minute conversation, sometimes he'll walk into my office and thats all he says.
Quote from him not made up "In other words ah ah ah ah di di di did y y you get that done ah ah ah ah bye"
Quote from him not made up "In other words ah ah ah ah di di di did y y you get that done ah ah ah ah bye"
former boss:
"it is what is is..."
damn i hated that
"it is what is is..."
damn i hated that
What is is? Did you work for Bill Clinton? :biggrin:
It's all Brian Billicks fault; he has used that phrase at least once in every press conference he's given.
"are you drunk?"
a**hole...doesn't he know who I think I am?
a**hole...doesn't he know who I think I am?
"Where have you been for the last two hours?"
Actually being a boss, I am going to call someoe on that in just a few minutes! Can't wait...
Actually being a boss, I am going to call someoe on that in just a few minutes! Can't wait...
"spearheading"
"forward thrusts"
seriously. I hate that sht.
"forward thrusts"
seriously. I hate that sht.
"Ummmm...yeah...I'm gonna need you to...ah...go ahead and come in on Saturday....yeeeeaaaaahhhhh."
Ahh... So he was dipping his pen in the company ink, eh?
run it to ground, this isn't my first rodeo, at the end of the day, using the term "bandwidth" to refer to your ability to take on additional tasks, etc.
It wasn't a boss but a program manager from a customer, who just loved catch phrases. We used to pick up new ones when we knew he was coming to visit then call the engineers back at his company a week or two later to see if they caught on. We had about a 90% success rate. Good times, wish I could remember all of them now.
It wasn't a boss but a program manager from a customer, who just loved catch phrases. We used to pick up new ones when we knew he was coming to visit then call the engineers back at his company a week or two later to see if they caught on. We had about a 90% success rate. Good times, wish I could remember all of them now.
yeah same here....and he always used it at the most stupid of times....D
Oh, oh, and ummmm......... I'm also gonna, um..... have to have you come in on Sunday, ah, too. Yeah......... we're just, ah, a little, ummm, short on people right now......
"you're f*cking stupid! Durrrr!!!!" yeah hes an asshole
"You're where?"
From a million years ago:
"Get over here, ugly!"
From a million years ago:
"Get over here, ugly!"
"I can't find this project director in The Computer."
(It's a database, not The Computer.)
"I can't talk about that right now. One thing at a time. You know I have A.D.D."
"Ya'll need to get up offa your two dollars and contribute for birthday cake. I don't care if you eat cake or not!"
(It's a database, not The Computer.)
"I can't talk about that right now. One thing at a time. You know I have A.D.D."
"Ya'll need to get up offa your two dollars and contribute for birthday cake. I don't care if you eat cake or not!"
Former Boss: This is priority one, This is priority one, This is priority one, This is priority one, This is priority one, This is priority one.
Me: Well which one is the highest priority?
Former boss: All of them.
Me
Me: Well which one is the highest priority?
Former boss: All of them.
Me