Paid Members gmoney Posted April 19, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2022 As with all things that start off funny, they're picked up and misused by the terminally unfunny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 That's what she said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted April 20, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2022 People saying "Twitter, do your thing" when asking for advice or a recommendation on Twitter. I don't have an issue with asking for something, but specifically that phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, gmoney said: People saying "Twitter, do your thing" when asking for advice or a recommendation on Twitter. I don't have an issue with asking for something, but specifically that phrase. add to this "so and so understood the assignment" There is also a new found preference for albums to be called "projects" which annoys me no end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 16 hours ago, gmoney said: People saying "Twitter, do your thing" when asking for advice or a recommendation on Twitter. I don't have an issue with asking for something, but specifically that phrase. Similarly on Reddit, people will ask questions in the comments that can be Google'd within seconds. I don't know why it gets on my tits so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 Another work one, people either not reading or not understanding a basic policy doesn't work in a situation. "Person X has left the business, can you add person Y to the workflow so they can approve demands moving forward" "Yes sure, we just need person X to give their approval of the change first" *tags person X* Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 Two (quite specific) work related things getting my goat lately... 1. We're doing more with AI/robotics at the moment, but everyone in the organisation appears to think "bot" is an acronym rather than a contraction of "robot", so any time it's seen in writing it's always "Are we finding success with the BOT?" or "The BOT doesn't appear to be functioning correctly." 2. All my younger colleagues send emails beginning "Please may you". This is quite possibly grammatically correct, but it just winds me up irrationally. Smacks of superiority. What's wrong with "Please can you"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, Statto said: 2. All my younger colleagues send emails beginning "Please may you". This is quite possibly grammatically correct, but it just winds me up irrationally. Smacks of superiority. What's wrong with "Please can you"? Don't know for sure, but I suspect it could be in response to the replies of dickish adults growing up - when they say "Please can I [something]?" and they reply "I don't know, can you?" followed up with "It's 'Please may I...'". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, gmoney said: People saying "Twitter, do your thing" when asking for advice or a recommendation on Twitter. I don't have an issue with asking for something, but specifically that phrase. “Please RT for reach.” Fuck off. I’ll retweet it if I want to. Edited April 21, 2022 by Your Fight Site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted April 21, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2022 That reminds me of my other favourite with Twitter polls. "Should Boris Resign? Please retweet for balanced response" by Twitter user @BORIS4THEGALLOWS #FBPE #LOCKHIMUP #RESIGNNOW  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, gmoney said: That reminds me of my other favourite with Twitter polls. "Should Boris Resign? Please retweet for balanced response" by Twitter user @BORIS4THEGALLOWS #FBPE #LOCKHIMUP #RESIGNNOW  I’m a fan of those highlighting a poll for people to hijack so it doesn’t go the way the pollster hoped, then disregarding polls that didn’t go their way because they were clearly hijacked by the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 22, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) People using Twitter to do a poll and getting it wrong is one of my little pet hates. “Like for X, retweet for Y” - always skews in favour of X because people won’t mind liking but might not want your poll showing up on all their followers timelines. Use the fucking poll function. On 4/21/2022 at 12:33 PM, Statto said: 2. All my younger colleagues send emails beginning "Please may you". This is quite possibly grammatically correct, but it just winds me up irrationally. Smacks of superiority. What's wrong with "Please can you"? Ugh. I don’t care for it grammatically to be honest because asking for you to do something with “may” is wonky whether it’s “may” as in “might” or as in being permitted to …. it’s just off. They’re  going for “would you mind” but getting it wrong, trying to sound more formal, but… yeah, awful. One for the “revert” pile. My mate/manager has a terrible habit at work of jumping on a phrase and hammering it into every conversation he has with anyone. For months every decision or direction discussed involved him pondering aloud what was “best for the business” which I didnt mind, but currently every time anyone needs to be made aware of something - customer, colleague, oneself - it’s a “call to action.” I want to run him over with the Lex Express. On 4/20/2022 at 6:42 PM, gmoney said: People saying "Twitter, do your thing" when asking for advice or a recommendation on Twitter. I don't have an issue with asking for something, but specifically that phrase.  On 4/20/2022 at 7:56 PM, SuperBacon said: add to this "so and so understood the assignment" There is also a new found preference for albums to be called "projects" which annoys me no end. I know “duet” would sound a bit twee and 60s, but the dumbing down of collaboration to “collab” is one of mine. Although be careful, we might wake up the “but language evolves” pricks. Edited April 23, 2022 by air_raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 22, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, air_raid said: People using Twitter to do a poll and getting it wrong is one of my little pet hates. “Like for X, retweet for Y” - always skews in favour of X because people won’t mind liking but might not want your poll showing up on all their followers timelines. Use the fucking poll function.  I always assume these are about gaming the algorithm to get your account in more people's feeds, so it's by design rather than doing polls wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members marc2j Posted April 22, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2022 20 hours ago, Statto said: Â 2. All my younger colleagues send emails beginning "Please may you". This is quite possibly grammatically correct, but it just winds me up irrationally. Smacks of superiority. What's wrong with "Please can you"? Theres a fairly senior lawyer at my place who says this. It chips away at her integrity every time she does it. Raaaaaaaaaage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 28, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 28, 2022 People who still say “teamwork makes the dream work.” Especially at work. Which is hardly my idea of a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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