Does "thinking outside the box" drive you mad?

Wed Feb 10, 8:53 am ET
LONDON (Reuters) –
Grumpy colleagues, slow computers and office jargon are the things that annoy workers most, according to a survey on Wednesday.

"Thinking outside the box" and "Let's touch base" were the most hated buzz phrases among the 1,836 people surveyed by Opinium research.

Nearly two-thirds of them said their stress levels had been increased by office irritations and one in 10 had left a job because of them.

The survey found the Top 10 office annoyances were:

1. Grumpy or moody colleagues (37 percent)

2. Slow computers (36)

3. Small talk/gossip in the office (19)

4. The use of office jargon or management-speak (18)

5. People speaking loudly on the phone (18)

6. Too much health and safety in the work place (16)

7. Poor toilet etiquette (16)

8. People not turning up for meetings on time or at all (16)

9. People not tidying up after themselves in the kitchen (15)

10.Too cold/ cold air conditioning (15)


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The most annoying jargon:

1. Thinking outside the box (21 percent)

2. Let's touch base (20)

3. Blue sky thinking (19)

4. Blamestorming (16) (sitting down and working out whose fault something is)

5. Drill down to a more granular level (15) (Look into something in more detail)

6. Let's not throw pies in the dark (15) (we need a plan rather than a haphazard approach)

7. I've got that on my radar (13)

8. Push the envelope (12)

9. Bring your A-game (11) (Be ready to do something to best of ability)

10. Get all your ducks in a row (11)





http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/od_nm/us_office

you know, just today, i was thinking about a box

KK wrote:

you know, just today, i was thinking about a box

U 2 ?

I guess this is "the bottom line."

Eat a beaver save a tree...

At the end of the day, I'm pretty sick of "at the end of the day".

6 - Sigma

Substituting the word "issues" for "problems" drives me nuts.

They are PROBLEMS dammit !!!!!!!

BMG wrote:

Substituting the word "issues" for "problems" drives me nuts.

They are PROBLEMS dammit !!!!!!!

"Issues" are what I buy when I get comic books...

I hadn't heard the expression, "Throwing pies in the dark." Pretty funny, actually, at the end of the day .

I bet you're a Happy Camper.

BMG wrote:

Substituting the word "issues" for "problems" drives me nuts.

They are PROBLEMS dammit !!!!!!!

challenges.

RuneReader wrote:

jamesjchrist wrote:

BMG wrote:

Substituting the word "issues" for "problems" drives me nuts.

They are PROBLEMS dammit !!!!!!!

challenges.

sorry i think i put that in the wrong place:(
still trying to learn this format:)

RuneReader wrote:

RuneReader wrote:

jamesjchrist wrote:

BMG wrote:

Substituting the word "issues" for "problems" drives me nuts.

They are PROBLEMS dammit !!!!!!!

challenges.

sorry i think i put that in the wrong place:(
still trying to learn this format:)

this board does have alot more doodads and whatknots

yes, it does.... it took me awhile to get used to looking at the format of these php, smf and vbulletin messageboards.... they are so colorful and full of options...

alot differnt from the older and more basic type from MSN,Yahoo, ect that I was used to from the earlier days



I really like it though....so much more fun, I think


anyways... there are some tutorials with visual aids stickied in the "Welcome & How To" board

BTW...this forum uses BBC code, not html , for posting

It took me awhile to get used to this board too, because it's' a lot different than SMF forums, but I finally got used to it.

c/thru wrote:

yes, it does.... it took me awhile to get used to looking at the format of these php, smf and vbulletin messageboards.... they are so colorful and full of options...

alot differnt from the older and more basic type from MSN,Yahoo, ect that I was used to from the earlier days



I really like it though....so much more fun, I think


anyways... there are some tutorials with visual aids stickied in the "Welcome & How To" board

BTW...this forum uses BBC code, not html , for posting

as long as it has a send button I can find my way through