NickMar 10

People in meetings are always telling you that they are “conscious of time” as if that makes them special.

I’m conscious of time *and* space *and* smells, mate, but I don’t go on about it, and you should consider yourself lucky about that last one.

Show threadblueorangeblue

@Nickiquote and starting meetings saying "without further ado"

Why are you talking like that? You are a middle manager from New Jersey not a Victorian theatrical impresario

Mar 10 at 11:32amWeb
Show threadNickMar 10
@blueorangeblue I’ve noticed that sometimes people adopt a kind of ironic Victorian speak. In particular one boss I had was always misusing the term “my erstwhile colleagues” for people who are current colleagues, and it hurt my brain not to correct him.
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Mar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote worse: without further adieu.

It makes my teeth hurt.

Show threadStoneface VimesMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote oh no. I'd never encountered that one before. Thanks for adding yet another example to make me cringe when I hear it.
Show threadwoe2youMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote "Just fucking leave, then."
Show threadwoe2youMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote Even better: "I hate long goodbyes too" and walk out yourself.
Show threadpatterMar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote though for a while I was watching a gaming youtube who completed that phrase

"without further ado, let's do further"

Show threadblueorangeblueMar 10
@patterfloof @Nickiquote that's quite witty
Show threadpatterMar 10
@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote I don't remember their account, but that really became a catchphrase
Show threadVrtxdMar 10
@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote replying to "without further ado" with "omg you are absolutely right boss we really should cut the bullshit already" 🤌
Show threadblueorangeblueMar 10

@vrtxd @Nickiquote

"Yes, and if no one has any objections to recording this meeting, please put your hands together for Bob from finance with Cuddles the Monkey performing amazing feats of ventriloquism!"

Show threadSchrödinger's PratMar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote

"Without further ado" is the most ado phrase that has ever ado'd.

Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 10
@Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote I like to use the phrase "without further ado or adon't." Hoping it'll catch on. 🤞
Show threadNickMar 10
@courtcan @Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue Much adon’t about something.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 10
@Nickiquote @Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue ALL the adon't about ALL the things!