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Phrases you hate
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How about: This is a tough place to come. Always from a manager who has just come there and won.1
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Tim Flowers on radio commentary a few years ago: If you're going to miss, miss at the back post.
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Can you do another booking tonight.
iainment specific I know but I’ve been handed three bookings into temporary accommodation tonight that are too close together in time to get to when the client should be there. And it means I finish work at the wrong end of the borough for me. So I’ll be home not long before ten instead of my hoped for nine o’clock.0 -
is there not a strippers you could go to on the company card after work to cheer yourself up?iainment said:Can you do another booking tonight.
iainment specific I know but I’ve been handed three bookings into temporary accommodation tonight that are too close together in time to get to when the client should be there. And it means I finish work at the wrong end of the borough for me. So I’ll be home not long before ten instead of my hoped for nine o’clock.2 -
The council would frown on that. As would Mrs iainment.cafcdave123 said:
is there not a strippers you could go to on the company card after work to cheer yourself up?iainment said:Can you do another booking tonight.
iainment specific I know but I’ve been handed three bookings into temporary accommodation tonight that are too close together in time to get to when the client should be there. And it means I finish work at the wrong end of the borough for me. So I’ll be home not long before ten instead of my hoped for nine o’clock.0 -
why does she care about you spending company money?iainment said:
The council would frown on that. As would Mrs iainment.cafcdave123 said:
is there not a strippers you could go to on the company card after work to cheer yourself up?iainment said:Can you do another booking tonight.
iainment specific I know but I’ve been handed three bookings into temporary accommodation tonight that are too close together in time to get to when the client should be there. And it means I finish work at the wrong end of the borough for me. So I’ll be home not long before ten instead of my hoped for nine o’clock.0 -
No, your suggested use of the money is what she’d care about.cafcdave123 said:
why does she care about you spending company money?iainment said:
The council would frown on that. As would Mrs iainment.cafcdave123 said:
is there not a strippers you could go to on the company card after work to cheer yourself up?iainment said:Can you do another booking tonight.
iainment specific I know but I’ve been handed three bookings into temporary accommodation tonight that are too close together in time to get to when the client should be there. And it means I finish work at the wrong end of the borough for me. So I’ll be home not long before ten instead of my hoped for nine o’clock.1 -
Text me if you wanna talk, I'm always here xDamoNorthStand said:All the overused social media one liners used by sheep trying to fit in with the crowd:
- Not all heroes wear capes.....
- Cheers, sons crying......
- Announce promotion......
- You ok hun?
- Bet you’re fun at parties
etc
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'Pissed' meaning angry. 'Pissed' means 'drunk'. It really pisses me off.
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One up the bum no harm done... It's so 20th century!
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When the rubber hits the road.Had a boss who said it all the time and it was unbelievably annoying.0
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X 'doesn't do failure'
Nonsense.
I'm looking at you, @DagenhamAddick , though I agree with everything else in your post.
The only way to avoid failure is never to try
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“The optics” on this / that / whatever meaning how it looks to someone or others. Apparently not to do with the bottles behind the bar!0
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It is. The objection here is to people using the term as a justification for behaviour that isn't really banter, but is actually just bullying, racism, homophobia or sexism.i_b_b_o_r_g said:
I thought Banter was between 2 willing parties.UEAAddick said:"I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact
"Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism
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What about if it’s between like minded bullying, homophobic, sexist racists?Gillis said:
It is. The objection here is to people using the term as a justification for behaviour that isn't really banter, but is actually just bullying, racism, homophobia or sexism.i_b_b_o_r_g said:
I thought Banter was between 2 willing parties.UEAAddick said:"I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact
"Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism0 -
"Here are the five key takeaways from our webinar"
I hardly know where to begin...0 -
Yeah good call. If there’s one person I don’t want to talk to at parties, it’s the person that uses the ‘fun at parties’ line.DamoNorthStand said:All the overused social media one liners used by sheep trying to fit in with the crowd:
- Not all heroes wear capes.....
- Cheers, sons crying......
- Announce promotion......
- You ok hun?
- Bet you’re fun at parties
etc“It broke the internet!”
”twitter went into meltdown”
and all this extreme reaction lines like “this is all my life needs” and so on.0 -
Bob’s your uncle.No he’s not.0
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He is mine thoughthai malaysia addick said:Bob’s your uncle.No he’s not.3 - Sponsored links:
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I'd suggest you identify the salient points from the webinar and have a bubble up with your cohort to determine the approach going forward.IdleHans said:"Here are the five key takeaways from our webinar"
I hardly know where to begin...0 -
Or I could just take a bit more notice of the voices in my head0
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I'm not going to lie but I hate it when people say I'm not going to lie!2
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To tell the truth, I agree0
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Yes, I know. But the BBC style guide is incorrect (as is HM Government's BTW) and just another indication of the general dumbing down going on in that once august organisation. If you are collecting individual pieces of information it is clear there is more than one item of information. How can you collect a singular item? A collection, by definition is more than one.Chizz said:
The BBC style guide is to follow common usage with regards to the word data, ie to treat it as a singular, taking a singular verb (e.g. "data was collected..." as opposed to "data were collected..."). So, not only is it "alright" to say data is indicating, it's correct with respect to the BBC guidelines.cafcfan said:
Finally, data; the word is the plural of datum. So, all BBC journos and whoever writes the BBC website news, it is not alright to say the data is indicating.... Not one BBC journo would say the World Cup stadia is nearly finished. They know that the word stadia is the plural form of stadium. How can they not know about data?
(Incidentally, while the BBC style guide does not incorporate guidance on the use of the word "stadia", the Guardian style guide does: "plural stadiums, not stadia").
Thankfully The Economist Style Guide has it right: Data and media are plural. So are whereabouts.
The Bank of England style guide (which is not available on-line) also knows the difference between datum and data. As evidenced by this extract from the BoE's latest Quarterly Bulletin: Data in dashed lines from 2011 onwards are based on responses to the NMG survey (2011 to 2019). Data in solid lines are calculated using BHPS (1991 to 2008) and Understanding Society (2009 to 2017). NMG data are from the H2 surveys only. NMG data before 2015 have been adjusted for a change in the income definition.1 -
It is what it izzz0
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I’ll be honest, I couldn’t agree more if I tried.IdleHans said:To tell the truth, I agree0 -
IdleHans said:"Here are the five key takeaways from our webinar"
I hardly know where to begin...I would start with the chicken shashlik.3 -
People calling The Premier League the Premiership or The Prem.0
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Snowflake4
