10 most irritating office phrases?

[Fish80]

At the end of the day
Fairly unique
I personally
At this moment in time
With all due respect
Absolutely
It’s a nightmare
Shouldn’t of
24/7
It’s not rocket science

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[blazindw]

I'm going to have to ask you to come in on Saturday.
I'm going to have to ask you to come in on Sunday as well.
Can you stay late and cover this? Where I have to be is much more important than where you have to be.

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

That said

[Matches]

"Are you working hard, or hardly working?"

[hurleyfor3]

Everyone here uses "circle back" a lot. "I'll circle back after I [perform task X]." Aren't you not going anywhere if you're circling back all time? Like you're stuck in the air waiting to land at O"Hare or something?

[killerleft]

"We're downsizing."

[aimo]

"Thinking outside the box" - once a fast food chain starts using it, it's over.

Also, just about any acronym drives me nuts anymore. Especially when no one seems to know what it actually stands for. A few years ago, I suggested we call our new research study SPEW just b/c it sounded good. Though my boss got it and appreciated the joke, he shot it down.

[DukeDude]

"We're downsizing."

Rightsizing.

[TriGuy]

From the get-go
Take it to the next level

[jimmymax]

- being "actioned" or "tasked"
- overused buzzword du jour, currently "transparency"

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

crafted

[g_olaf]

It’s not rocket science

Unless you work for NASA, then it's OK.

[snowdenscold]

Unless you work for NASA, then it's OK.

Funny you should mention that. Several years ago, when I started on a new account covering a defense contractor, one of my teammates told me:

"Usually people will tell you your customers are idiots who have no clue what they're talking about. Well our customer - they're rocket scientists. They literally build rockets all day."

[weezie]

"Say hello to our new area manager, he went Carolina!"

[brevity]

I'm going to have to ask you to come in on Saturday.
I'm going to have to ask you to come in on Sunday as well.

Now we're talking.

I was going to go with "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment."

[blazindw]

Now we're talking.

I was going to go with "Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment."

PC Load Letter.

[Reddevil]

If I hear "It is what it is" one more time, I think I may implode! Also, I get acid reflux whenever some one describes anything business related as "sexy".

[Indoor66]

Unless you work for NASA, then it's OK.

I always found that rocket science wasn't rocket science!

[cspan37421]

Work smarter, not harder.
We're going to have to finesse that.
We'll be quick, flexible, and right.
capitalize on efficiencies/synergies/competencies
actionable
development opportunities
I've been putting out fires all day long

[AtlBluRew]

Go Heels!