What is you most hated management phrase or slogan?

Terry T:

Dipper_Dave:
One of my old managers loved to say:
“To assume makes an ■■■ of u and me”.
He loved to use it and thought he was so clever. It really got on me ■■■■.
I let him off though coz I snogged and fingered his wife at a works do.

If by chance he is on this forum and recognises this phrase please say hello to Linda for me… :wink:

How many fingers ?

And how easy did they slide in :grimacing:

A gentleman never kiss’s and tells but as i’m not a gentleman I maybe able to supply a bit more info about this life changing event.

I was a young trucker at the time, very green and eager to please. Anyway my boss who I shall call Bob (mainly because that’s his name) was always picking on me a tad and his wife used to pop into the office a lot and took pity on me being the brunt of his jokes. This ineviatbly lead to little sniggers and giggles and some gentle harmless flirting- course even though I was young I was still able to lay the ground work for later potential shenanigans.

Bob (thats my boss remember) hated this and could tell there was a bit of chemistry between his wife and I but chose to adopt the masculine method of trying to make himself look big by picking on me more. This of course had the opposite affect and when the yearly crimbo do came round I was keen to have a chat to his wife during the evening, so i picked the moment she was most tipsy and Bob was at his peak of getting on everyones nerves.

Anyway the friendly chat eventually found us outside a cloakroom / janitors cupboard and I remember her trying the door and it was unlocked and uttering those immortal words “shall we see whats in here”. I can’t go into too much graphic detail but suffice to say we soon had a little snog which lead to some light caressing of her ■■■■■ under her top…now as she was an older woman she took charge of my hand and moved it down her stomache towards her more intimate regions… and as I caressed her tight silky ■■■■■■■ paying particular attention to her clitoral area i noticed it was akin to a pony eating oats as it was so moist, and she was soon panting and gasping in pleasure that it was natural for me to slide my fingers …hang on you dirty buggers you can make the rest up for yourselves.

To this day I don’t know why i didn’t go the whole hog and indulge in full coitus, perhaps its because I was courting myself and didn’t want to be unfaithfull, or maybe I was just young and naive.

I bet you had a crafty finger sniff after :wink: :wink: i hope you washed your hands before getting the next round in for the lads :laughing: :laughing:

gazza1970:
my management love saying , sorry it’s buisness needs .

If he was a proper manager he’d have said “exigencies” instead of needs. Used to get that in the RN - “Exigencies of the Service.”

Love Barbosas reply to Miss Swann from PoTC:- “I’m disinclined to acquiesce to your request”. (Quizzical look by the girl) “Means NO!” Am waiting to use that, as, fair play, they’ve not made any unreasonable requests. Yet.

My favourite at the mo is “how come it took so long? Route master says it’s only ■■?”
Route master isn’t driving tho is he?

Dipper_Dave:

Terry T:

Dipper_Dave:
One of my old managers loved to say:
“To assume makes an ■■■ of u and me”.
He loved to use it and thought he was so clever. It really got on me ■■■■.
I let him off though coz I snogged and fingered his wife at a works do.

If by chance he is on this forum and recognises this phrase please say hello to Linda for me… :wink:

How many fingers ?

And how easy did they slide in :grimacing:

A gentleman never kiss’s and tells but as i’m not a gentleman I maybe able to supply a bit more info about this life changing event.

I was a young trucker at the time, very green and eager to please. Anyway my boss who I shall call Bob (mainly because that’s his name) was always picking on me a tad and his wife used to pop into the office a lot and took pity on me being the brunt of his jokes. This ineviatbly lead to little sniggers and giggles and some gentle harmless flirting- course even though I was young I was still able to lay the ground work for later potential shenanigans.

Bob (thats my boss remember) hated this and could tell there was a bit of chemistry between his wife and I but chose to adopt the masculine method of trying to make himself look big by picking on me more. This of course had the opposite affect and when the yearly crimbo do came round I was keen to have a chat to his wife during the evening, so i picked the moment she was most tipsy and Bob was at his peak of getting on everyones nerves.

Anyway the friendly chat eventually found us outside a cloakroom / janitors cupboard and I remember her trying the door and it was unlocked and uttering those immortal words “shall we see whats in here”. I can’t go into too much graphic detail but suffice to say we soon had a little snog which lead to some light caressing of her ■■■■■ under her top…now as she was an older woman she took charge of my hand and moved it down her stomache towards her more intimate regions… and as I caressed her tight silky ■■■■■■■ paying particular attention to her clitoral area i noticed it was akin to a pony eating oats as it was so moist, and she was soon panting and gasping in pleasure that it was natural for me to slide my fingers …hang on you dirty buggers you can make the rest up for yourselves.

To this day I don’t know why i didn’t go the whole hog and indulge in full coitus, perhaps its because I was courting myself and didn’t want to be unfaithfull, or maybe I was just young and naive.

Lol should have done it as in my book you’d already gone too far to stay faithful lol quality story!

Moist as pony oats.You wont see that on Catchphrase.

They’re waiting to tip you

keep her lit…you cant miss your booking time,you need to be on the ==== o`clock ferry to get there in time,can you ship the trailer and turn around,must make the boat,go in and tip off card so your good to go once tipped again,etc etc…familier sounds from across the water here, :wink:

The old chestnut of “Where are you .”
If you can be bothered to look at your tracker ,you would know.
Then they ask what time will you get there.

Whats your headspace now? Moving forward, where do you see yourself in 5 years?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzword_bingo

Logistics
Linehaul
Carbon Neutral
Less CO2
Infrastructure
supply chain
sustainable

Isotrak…

How’s it going…

Because you know they’re gonna ask you to do some thing farcical that you couldn’t do in a Chinook :open_mouth:

mjallby:
Report a problem with the truck “Let it develop” :unamused: is a favourite at my place.

when i first started this job in the 70’s , I worked for J&W Watt in Carlisle who had a lot of green ERF’s

the foreman fitter, Bob, used the same phrase but was gobsmacked one day when one of the drivers broke down as he left the yard and blocked London Road.
the driver walked back to the workshop with the gearstick in his hand, walked over to Bob and said “here Bob, this has just developed”

Tesco takes your safety seriously - translates to - we don’t trust our drivers to go any faster, and we don’t care that we are holding you up !!

M&S - that’s a lorry load of your mind - Do I really care ■■? - last thing on my mind !!

“There’s no money in the kitty for a wage rise this year”
(On more than a few occasions !!! )

Words that I hate are,
Logistics
Compliance
ETA
KPI
Solutions
PPE
All seem to be used by the big faceless firms

It’s not my problem with a shrug of the shoulders and it’s only an inch on the map :open_mouth: :unamused: :cry:

Not a hated slogan but Bargain Booze trucks have “Making life richer for the pourer.”