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We have a UPS guy that comes in and says, "Salutations sirs and ladies."  I want to stab his face.

 

I had this contractor working for me at Johnson and Johnson...any time you asked him how he was doing...he'd replay, "super fantastic, crazy as ever".  I would do my best not ask how he was doing when I saw him.  

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I had this contractor working for me at Johnson and Johnson...any time you asked him how he was doing...he'd replay, "super fantastic, crazy as ever".  I would do my best not ask how he was doing when I saw him.  

 

 

One of the Dr's I worked with would say, "Near perfect and closing."  I wanted to claw hammer his forehead. 

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I had a boss who said irregadless at least once a day.  The whole office would role their eyes at each and make fun of him behind closed doors.  He also liked to say "key critical"....a little redundant, no?

 

Yeah, in my office we all mocked my boss for constantly pluralizing status as "stati".

 

The best (and perhaps worst) part of it all?  How this all came to be was that one day she was rambling on and on about not knowing how to pluralize status (it's freakin' status), and after eventually getting tired of listening to her, I eventually threw "stati" out there as the answer, with it being rather apparent (at least to everyone else) that I was just being an ass about it.  Apparently not to her though, as bitch used it non-stop for the next 5 years I was there, and I have no doubt that still does to this day.  My personal favorite was the one time when she actually used it while on a conference call with some of our clients.  I could almost hear them wondering how they could seriously be paying a company to do work for them that employees such people.

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there are at least 3 people within earshot that ask clients "what's the best # I can reach you at".  Makes me cringe every time. 

 

they don't seem to realize just dropping the "at" instantly makes them sound smarter. 

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Just received a legit brief containing the phrase "all intensive purposes"

 

the ladyfriend has a masters degree in education and is a pretty highly regarded teacher in her district. 

 

2 weeks ago she asked me "did you know it's all intents and purposes"?  

 

I was like yeah.... for like the last 30 years. 

 

Somehow she has gone 32 years thinking it was intensive. 

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I had a boss who said irregadless at least once a day.  The whole office would role their eyes at each and make fun of him behind closed doors.  He also liked to say "key critical"....a little redundant, no?

 

hey Will Hunting..  it's r-o-l-l.

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there are at least 3 people within earshot that ask clients "what's the best # I can reach you at".  Makes me cringe every time. 

 

they don't seem to realize just dropping the "at" instantly makes them sound smarter. 

 

What should they say for the # thing?

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Intensive

 

As for the at thing, ending a sentence with a preposition is a no-no but it is common.  That one doesn't bother me as much as the others.  The I could care less, when the person means the opposite, is a  big personal pet peeve.

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That actually works, technically. It expresses a minimal amount of concern.

 

But "I couldn't care less" expresses no concern whatsoever, which is what people mean when they get it wrong.

 

Look at it this way:

 

"I couldn't care less" = "I don't give a sh*t. I literally have no sh*t to devote toward this particular situation."

 

"I could care less" = "I have some sh*t to give, and the possibility exists for my sh*t to be smaller and/or less significant."

 

Of course, the problem could be avoided altogether if people would just say "I don't give a sh*t" in the first place.

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As for the at thing, ending a sentence with a preposition is a no-no but it is common.  That one doesn't bother me as much as the others.  The I could care less, when the person means the opposite, is a  big personal pet peeve.

 

I was pretty buzzed last night..  wasn't even sure what you were asking.

 

I agree not ending a sentence with a preposition is a myth but in this case it holds true.  IMO just asking what's the best # to use or what is your phone number sounds much better than throwing an "at" in there.

 

Another one that ticks me off is people who use supposeably instead of supposedly.  Brian Custer from the post game show actually used supposeably a couple times last year.  I wondered why a producer wasn't in his ear telling him fix that sh-t.

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I was pretty buzzed last night..  wasn't even sure what you were asking.

 

I agree not ending a sentence with a preposition is a myth but in this case it holds true.  IMO just asking what's the best # to use or what is your phone number sounds much better than throwing an "at" in there.

 

Another one that ticks me off is people who use supposeably instead of supposedly.  Brian Custer from the post game show actually used supposeably a couple times last year.  I wondered why a producer wasn't in his ear telling him fix that sh-t.

 

 

 

sh*t like that bothers me more written than spoken.

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the ladyfriend has a masters degree in education and is a pretty highly regarded teacher in her district. 

 

2 weeks ago she asked me "did you know it's all intents and purposes"?  

 

I was like yeah.... for like the last 30 years. 

 

Somehow she has gone 32 years thinking it was intensive. 

 

 

my wife one day texts me that my younger son has so many clothes from all the hammy downs he had been given from my older son

 

i make fun of her for it every chance i get

 

she also makes beg ziti for dinner, lol

 

my step father once said my mom was in bolivia to her surroundings and that the pool was green from all the allergy

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