If you use "utilize" in work emails rather than "use" I'm making fun of you behind your back

@Really Being Canadian I switch between ise and ize regularly.

@CountScrofula I usually use British spellings. I was actually unaware the spell it with an s

@JimboSaturn Oh, yes. We all know people don’t listen. Why give them more of a word salad to burrow through?

For the purpose of communication, clear. Concise. Direct. This doesn’t just LOOK a lot better, unless your superiors are devoted wonks, it’s far more efficient, faster to read, faster to understand.

@DrWatson We are efforting to do that , Sir, with task-driven power teams and maximum utilization of resources….crickets.

@Mamapolo2016 If not, we will pivot and leverage our synergies.

@JimboSaturn I did that once. My fuzzy-haired boss was out of control (I was his secretary), and even though his office shared a wall with the facility manager, dictated a letter to type. It was almost a full page and explained why he thought he needed another chair pad because, “I just can’t scoot around anymore like I used to.”

I came unglued and while I typed and “mailed” the letter through the mail room, I wrote another three-page draft suggesting helicopter blades or a cow-catcher…

Boss was not amused. I don’t know who gave it to him.

😂😂

@Flenflyys After my prostate exam the doctor walked out and the nurse walked in. Then she asked me something no man wants to hear..

Who was that?

@Majorlatency that was me

@Flenflyys I can believe that. Did you write something rude on my bottom with a Magic Marker?

@Mamapolo2016

Ugh. Very common in television and news

@sladejr trashy talkin’

@Mamapolo2016 even the announcers in sports say that when addressing the crew

@wackidywack Ooh I wouldn't admit that in public

@GlitterEater Yes. I mean no. A thousand times no. Then again…if I’m drowning I will promise to conversate until the bovines return to the residence about it once I’m dry.