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    #32
    Samsgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,190 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Have you seen Steve Ballmer getting up on the atage roaring with the sweat dhripping off him

    We had a few video conferences there alright. Bertie even came to visit!! Then to celebrate 15 yrs in Ireland (1999/2000) they brought us to the national exhibition centre and had the Sawdoctors play at us for a few hours.


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    #33
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    I hate "going forward" so much.


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    #34
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Any updates is the new any updates. Which is old.


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    #35
    Corpus Twisty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭Corpus Twisty


    "Any Updates?"
    "No"
    "Oh - well can we fast-track this please?"
    "No"
    "erm..any particular reason why not?"
    "No - if I think of one, I'll update you"
    "I don't think you're being a complete team-player here tbh"
    "Grand"
    ....................


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    #36
    Canterelle
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭Canterelle


    Oops that is one I use a lot eg when you know you're asking for readily available info, like a quote, and the person doesn't get back to you. So then I can't get job done. So it's invariably, "any update on this, thanks" and yes I do mean "hurry up ya lazy sod, Ffs". Don't see why it's so bad though!


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    #37
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,094 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Drop dead date.

    If I hear it once more I'll drop dead the person that says it.


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    #38
    wil
    Registered Users Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    Corpus Twisty wrote: »
    "Any Updates?"
    "No"
    "Oh - well can we fast-track this please?"
    "No"
    "erm..any particular reason why not?"
    "No - if I think of one, I'll update you"
    "I don't think you're being a complete team-player here tbh"
    "Grand"
    ....................
    So... how are ya getting on?


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    #39
    Azalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Azalea


    biko wrote: »
    The overuse of "any" in the English language, and boards, is quite astounding.
    How is it over-used?
    Lia_lia wrote: »
    I hate "going forward" so much.
    Why though? Genuine question.


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    #40
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Azalea wrote: »
    How is it over-used?

    I think he was taking the piss


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    #41
    Larry the Logster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 91 ✭✭Larry the Logster


    Get it done.


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    #42
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,748 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Threads like this are fine for low-hanging fruit.
    But we need a paradigm shift to adopt a more belt & braces approach.
    You guys need to visualize this from the soup to the nuts, a helicopter view, y'know.
    Maybe we should socialize this over a decaf latté?


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    #43
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Canterelle wrote: »
    Oops that is one I use a lot eg when you know you're asking for readily available info, like a quote, and the person doesn't get back to you. So then I can't get job done. So it's invariably, "any update on this, thanks" and yes I do mean "hurry up ya lazy sod, Ffs". Don't see why it's so bad though!

    Your contact has obviously stuck a pin in your idea and will revert to you following their department's thought shower. If they have not reverted by the close of play perhaps you should suggest a brown bag meeting to move things forward or suggest sunsetting that particular proposal.

    Some recent work with an American tech giant has left me wondering how much these people could actually get done if they didn't have to wade through so much bullsh!t.


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    #44
    Rob Thomas
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Rob Thomas


    Why are you guys getting so worked up over this.

    It's outside your circle of influence so should be outside your circle of concern.....


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    #45
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    I hate "going forward" so much.

    I concur
    Canterelle wrote: »
    Oops that is one I use a lot eg when you know you're asking for readily available info, like a quote, and the person doesn't get back to you. So then I can't get job done. So it's invariably, "any update on this, thanks" and yes I do mean "hurry up ya lazy sod, Ffs". Don't see why it's so bad though!

    When you get 100 of them they might as well be saying 'hurry up ya lazy sod'. Tis just one of those silly 'go-to' business phrases


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    #46
    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHg_M_zKA6Y


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    #47
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    No, calm as a cucumber. It is strange how 'going forward' has had the piss ripped out of it relentlessly while 'any updates' has managed to stay mostly under the radar

    Under the radar is one of those phrases right there Sh1tbag.


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    #48
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Can we walk and talk while we work it out op?


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    #49
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Azalea wrote: »
    Why though? Genuine question.
    Going forward is an cringe-worthy term in a business context, but it's grand for "Robbie Brady is going forward on the left wing'.


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    #50
    Azalea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭Azalea


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    I concur
    Why? I genuinely think people arent actually annoyed by "going forward" and are just saying it. Not one good reason given as to why its so annoying. Its two totally innocuous words making an innocuous phrase.


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    #51
    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,553 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Azalea wrote: »
    Why? I genuinely think people arent actually annoyed by "going forward" and are just saying it. Not one good reason given as to why its so annoying. Its two totally innocuous words making an innocuous phrase.
    I dislike it because it contains nothing new whatsoever. As you said, it just means 'from now on' or 'in the future'.

    I think it's a great example of people rushing to use a new phrase that contains no new meaning, purely because they think it sounds smart or professional.


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    #52
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    This thread fails to exploit its core competencies.


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    #53
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Azalea wrote: »
    Why? I genuinely think people arent actually annoyed by "going forward" and are just saying it. Not one good reason given as to why its so annoying. Its two totally innocuous words making an innocuous phrase.

    Because it's a term used mainly by little smarmy management sh1ts who think they're a step ahead of everyone else when they start bringing out that kinda talk


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