Stop Using the 37 Most Irritating Words at Work

Posted on by Chere Estrin
I would love to hear some real work conversation from some real people.  I mean people who don't speak current workspeak.  You know the type:  the ones that desperately want you to think that they are "in the know", "up-to-date", savvy, synchronized but frankly, silly. Sometimes, I wonder what some of the phrases really mean.  And, who...

Why Would You Get Hit By a Bus? (And other uses of cliches)

Posted on by Chere Estrin
Today must have been the day for buses.  On at least three occasions, I read the phrase, "In case I get hit by a bus."  My mother used to tell me that.  Only she added that I had to be sure to be wearing clean underwear just in case. I commented to my husband that I was reading a lot of cliches lately.  He asked me, "Why do people think they would get hit...