My Operajust a vital urgent quick one
Friday, February 20, 2004 7:15:23 PM
I have added a new notice to the wall in my office which reads:
Overused Phrases
The following words & phrases no longer have any meaning due to constant & improper use. If your impassioned plea includes one or more of the following please try to use a substitute otherwise your plea will have little impact on the production office staff.
Urgent
Vital
Essential
Imperative
Site are desperate
I am desperate
I need a favour (whiny voice)
This has GOT to happen
Is there any chance (whiny voice)
Just a quick one (no it is not)
It has attracted quite a bit of attention, & people are actually using different words now...
Overused Phrases
The following words & phrases no longer have any meaning due to constant & improper use. If your impassioned plea includes one or more of the following please try to use a substitute otherwise your plea will have little impact on the production office staff.
Urgent
Vital
Essential
Imperative
Site are desperate
I am desperate
I need a favour (whiny voice)
This has GOT to happen
Is there any chance (whiny voice)
Just a quick one (no it is not)
It has attracted quite a bit of attention, & people are actually using different words now...
You must be 
Debra Lanemyztiphyd1 # Friday, February 20, 2004 7:15:23 PM
Yeppers...seems people have to make a damn CRISIS out of everything these days.I agree with you.It's not always WHAT we say but HOW we say it.
Many persons,although possibly highly intelligent get real comfortable using "catch phrases".The problem is when THEY say it..it sounds innapropriate for the occasion, and oftimes ridiculous.
Some of us who are are on the receiving end of this ie: subordinates who are sucked up into a major control drama.I'm not saying that work should not be done in a timely manner.I'm just stating that anxiety is transeferable..Deadlines are more demanding all the time.The agressiveness required to "manage" people is out of control.Everything that "needs to be done" somehow is spinning out at warp speed.People (and I am guilty too) speak TOO much and TOO fast.
Life shouldn't have to be that complicated!!!
Possibly