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Stupid office jargon

Been having this discussion with @Lenny with a y and @Ghana White why are people saying such silly things at work:

piece (for anything)

BAU

WIP

DOD (still working it out)

Can you fall out with someone who needlessly uses Acronyms ?

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I'll need some help with all of those

WIP - work in progress??

The others not a clue

Either way, in the bin. ITB

Business as usual

Business as Usual

Work in Progress

Date of Delivery ?

 

I've no issue with a initialisms or acronyms when they're used in an email, but they should never be spoken.

 

BTW, in case it crops up, AOB is Any Other Business (not Andy O'Brien).

 

HTH

does HBAHT ever crop up @tomski

Im on my own all day, every day. Its heaven, prop better for other peolpe too tbh.

11 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Im on my own all day, every day. Its heaven, prop better for other peolpe too tbh.

Same, it's ace.

35 minutes ago, tomski said:

Been having this discussion with @Lenny with a y and @Ghana White why are people saying such silly things at work:

piece (for anything)

BAU

WIP

DOD (still working it out)

Can you fall out with someone who needlessly uses Acronyms ?

Don't read some of the many military articles available. They're like code.

'Agile' IT twats are the worst for it. 

They've got their own little smug language us commoners aren't allowed to understand. 

And they're usually on massive day rates for delivering fuck all. 

These are painful but there are some that are industry specific. I guess we have things like CPM, SEM, Specs, SEO, IO which are used all the time and I assume other industries have their shorthands for things. 

DP

PAWG

BBC

JOI

ATM

1 minute ago, Rudy said:

DP

PAWG

BBC

JOI

ATM

I hear you're a big fan of MMM

7 minutes ago, DazBob said:

I hear you're a big fan of MMM

Wasn’t that a Ponzi scheme?

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55 minutes ago, L/H White said:

does HBAHT ever crop up @tomski

Never mate. Now that would be a worthwhile email.

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56 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Business as Usual

Work in Progress

Date of Delivery ?

 

I've no issue with a initialisms or acronyms when they're used in an email, but they should never be spoken.

 

BTW, in case it crops up, AOB is Any Other Business (not Andy O'Brien).

 

HTH

Disagree. Should be typed up too.

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20 minutes ago, Rudy said:

DP

PAWG

BBC

JOI

ATM

Atletico Madrid 

BNO BO CSU EMU FBC LFT MSU NMB NG PR PU QDS TPR CA

just a few off top of my head at work. I remember doing handover when I first started and not having a fucking clue what they where on about. Still don't now most of the time😂😂

Edited by bolton_blondie

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Been having this discussion with @Lenny with a y and @Ghana White why are people saying such silly things at work:

piece (for anything)

BAU

WIP

DOD (still working it out)

Can you fall out with someone who needlessly uses Acronyms ?

Whoa, hang on.  What about YOLO???  Hypocrite.

20 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

BNO BO CSU EMU FBC LFT MSU NMB NG PR PU QDS TPR CA

just a few off top of my head at work. I remember doing handover when I first started and not having a fucking clue what they where on about. Still don't now most of the time😂😂

You missed outDNR. Is that in code so the person subject to the DNR doesn’t actually know? 😀

20 minutes ago, MickyD said:

You missed outDNR. Is that in code so the person subject to the DNR doesn’t actually know? 😀

I would hope everyone would know what DNAR meant 😂

45 minutes ago, bolton_blondie said:

BNO BO CSU EMU FBC LFT MSU NMB NG PR PU QDS TPR CA

just a few off top of my head at work. I remember doing handover when I first started and not having a fucking clue what they where on about. Still don't now most of the time😂😂

Your search history must be alerting the authorities by now

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

DP

PAWG

BBC

JOI

ATM

all in the same film?

FRO

20 minutes ago, Sweep said:

all in the same film?

Of course I’m not a weirdo

42 minutes ago, Spider said:

Your search history must be alerting the authorities by now

I snuck a phone into HMP. Don't ask where. 

1 minute ago, bolton_blondie said:

I snuck a phone into HMP. Don't ask where. 

Vibrate left on?

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