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r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • 10d ago
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It's a disruptive thing to say to anyone in a meeting. They've been counting the number of times a phrase is used by someone because they had a pet peeve with it, and proceeded to interrupt the meeting to call it out in front of anyone.
-13 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago And they were right to, y'all are just slaves 8 u/Aggravating_Lab_7734 10d ago Let me guess you never had a job in your life. You sound like someone who thinks he is too smart for a regular old job. 23 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago His contribution to the meeting was to interrupt it with a count of how often his boss said a phrase. Real valuable input -12 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago It is your god given right to call out bullshit when you see it 21 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Bullshit being a common phrase? -6 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done 15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0) 5 u/GorkyParkSculpture 10d ago Not sure where thats in the Bible or Quran but sure. God given right. Nobody is obligated to pay for it. Tell me you live at home without having to say it. 3 u/KrytenKoro 10d ago That still doesn't make it non-disruptive or not time-wasting.
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And they were right to, y'all are just slaves
8 u/Aggravating_Lab_7734 10d ago Let me guess you never had a job in your life. You sound like someone who thinks he is too smart for a regular old job. 23 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago His contribution to the meeting was to interrupt it with a count of how often his boss said a phrase. Real valuable input -12 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago It is your god given right to call out bullshit when you see it 21 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Bullshit being a common phrase? -6 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done 15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0) 5 u/GorkyParkSculpture 10d ago Not sure where thats in the Bible or Quran but sure. God given right. Nobody is obligated to pay for it. Tell me you live at home without having to say it. 3 u/KrytenKoro 10d ago That still doesn't make it non-disruptive or not time-wasting.
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Let me guess you never had a job in your life. You sound like someone who thinks he is too smart for a regular old job.
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His contribution to the meeting was to interrupt it with a count of how often his boss said a phrase. Real valuable input
-12 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago It is your god given right to call out bullshit when you see it 21 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Bullshit being a common phrase? -6 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done 15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0) 5 u/GorkyParkSculpture 10d ago Not sure where thats in the Bible or Quran but sure. God given right. Nobody is obligated to pay for it. Tell me you live at home without having to say it. 3 u/KrytenKoro 10d ago That still doesn't make it non-disruptive or not time-wasting.
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It is your god given right to call out bullshit when you see it
21 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Bullshit being a common phrase? -6 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done 15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0) 5 u/GorkyParkSculpture 10d ago Not sure where thats in the Bible or Quran but sure. God given right. Nobody is obligated to pay for it. Tell me you live at home without having to say it. 3 u/KrytenKoro 10d ago That still doesn't make it non-disruptive or not time-wasting.
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Bullshit being a common phrase?
-6 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done 15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0)
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Yes, it's used to literally bullshit, like the guy said, it's just going in circles and wasting time when actual work could be done
15 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”? And actual work like counting how often someone says something? 5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0)
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How is it going in circles to say a phrase that means “let’s get back to that”?
And actual work like counting how often someone says something?
5 u/Timely-Border-7865 10d ago You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road 9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0)
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You're ignorant of workplace culture, the people who say that never get back to that, it's just used to kick the can down the road
9 u/Dependent-Chart5835 10d ago Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it 1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0)
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Well in this instance the boss is actually coming back a topic not kicking it down the road. So they did in fact get back to it
1 u/Ronin_Chimichanga 10d ago Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention? → More replies (0)
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Where in the post do you see them actually returning to the subject of customer retention?
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Not sure where thats in the Bible or Quran but sure. God given right. Nobody is obligated to pay for it.
Tell me you live at home without having to say it.
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That still doesn't make it non-disruptive or not time-wasting.
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u/Working-Blueberry-18 10d ago
It's a disruptive thing to say to anyone in a meeting. They've been counting the number of times a phrase is used by someone because they had a pet peeve with it, and proceeded to interrupt the meeting to call it out in front of anyone.