Mucking up workplace-Cliches
M.K. Anderson has a great article about cliches that are becoming overused at the workplace. These are right on the mark
At my old job, I used to get sick of these Technically-unsavy, business analyst types walking into a meeting and spitting cliches like “paradigm shift” and lots more. They used to say things like “we’re beating a dead horse” or “Don’t look a gift-horse in the mouth”.
At this very moment, I realized I had the perfect opportunity to be both funny and make fun of these butt-lickers.
From then on, I swore to purposely mangle these cliches. I’d walk into meetings and say things like “don’t beat a dead gift-horse in the mouth” among 20 other similar ones regarding a dead or gift horse, and either beating it or looking at it in a strange way.
There were others, but I can’t remember them now. I do know, though, that my fellow coders were laughing their asses off during meetings.
October 27th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
My favorite one used ALL the time by said Ass-Monkeys is the word “robust”. I hear it EVERYDAY even by rednecks that never graduated college… but it sounds like a good buzzword to them. I remember when robust was used as the commercial zinger for a good rich cup of coffee.
October 27th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
By the way, I am stumping for additional army rankings in Jason’s comments list. There is no ranking above Corporal that we can reach without being ramdac, relative, or chickie-de-ramdac.
October 28th, 2005 at 9:16 am
C’mon Jimvford. We dont want to many chief’s and not enough indians. Oops is that a cliche’. There can only be one General.
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
How come. Has anyone not gotten to eat their own birthday cake. Retarded.
“Needless to say”
Then dont say it, obviously I must already get it. Stupid.
“balls to the wall”
Well thats a good one.
October 28th, 2005 at 10:53 am
“Haste makes waste ”
“It happens to the best of us”
“If God gives you lemons, then make lemonade”
That’s all I got.
October 28th, 2005 at 10:54 am
M. K. Anderson…
I read all of your cliches and I don’t get any of them, they all have to do withstuff I know nothing about.