Today I'm angry about.....

[Worthy4England]

You fecking HR folk and yer empathy. No wonder Britain's in this fecking mess.

I resent that Worthy. You stab at my heart .... even if you find there isn't one. I've never been accused of having empathy. Ever.

Whew.

[Lord Kangana]

Is a Project Manager worse than a Management Consultant is surely the next burning issue, isn't it?

[Worthy4England]

Is a Project Manager worse than a Management Consultant is surely the next burning issue, isn't it?

I think Management Consultants just squirm using bigger words. Often in direct alignment to the increase in daily rate.

They're both good sport.

[Dujon]

I've never been a project manager but I've worked alongside a couple. This was in a bank's IT department (Hi, Barry, Graham). Oddly enough I had a head-hunter after me at one stage for a project manager's job. I would have taken it if it had come to an offer, but when talking to the 'scout' I was quite open about my dislike of meddling by senior management as I'd seen the stress it can cause. Nevertheless I think I was more relieved than disappointed when an offer didn't materialise. In retrospect I now wonder whether it might have been a less stressful position than my previous role as manager of the credit card customer service department of the same bank.

Some are born mad, some achieve madness, and some have madness thrust upon 'em.

[Bruce Rioja]

Anyone with 'Consultant' in their job title is basically unemployed.

[mrkint]

Anyone with 'Consultant' in their job title is basically unemployed.

Unless preceded by words such as 'Cardiology'

[thebish]

Anyone with 'Consultant' in their job title is basically unemployed.

Unless preceded by words such as 'Cardiology'

^ beat me to it!!

[thebish]

You fecking HR folk and yer empathy. No wonder Britain's in this fecking mess.

I resent that Worthy. You stab at my heart .... even if you find there isn't one. I've never been accused of having empathy. Ever.

aye - bobo's just a big soft-hearted, gushing, bleeding-heart liberal in the workplace... bless!

[thebish]

talking of project managers and suchlike...

[TANGODANCER]

Can't remember the name for one who blythely tells a customer on the phone that he' ll have something on his desk by 9-am next day.....15 minutes after the post has gone. He/she then want to have a paddy at the price of couriers, as if that's to blame. They were the originators of the notice on the mail room door, that said:

" A xxxx up on your part does not necessarily constitute a crisis on mine"

[thebish]

the Oxford fecking Dictionary of fecking English has added a supplementary meaning to its entry for the word "literally"

Pedants are reported to be “in uproar” because the Oxford English Dictionary has added a new definition to its entry for the word literally. In a “colloquial” sense, it is “used to indicate that some (frequently conventional) metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense: 'virtually, as good as’; (also) 'completely, utterly, absolutely’. Now one of the most common uses, although often considered irregular in standard English since it reverses the original sense of literally ('not figuratively or metaphorically’).”

[Lord Kangana]

I'm literally stunned bish.

[bwfcdan94]

Lost my railcard meaning I don't think I will be able to go to the game tomorrow despite having already purchased match tickets and train tickets (which require a railcard).

[TANGODANCER]

the Oxford fecking Dictionary of fecking English has added a supplementary meaning to its entry for the word "literally"

Pedants are reported to be “in uproar” because the Oxford English Dictionary has added a new definition to its entry for the word literally. In a “colloquial” sense, it is “used to indicate that some (frequently conventional) metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense: 'virtually, as good as’; (also) 'completely, utterly, absolutely’. Now one of the most common uses, although often considered irregular in standard English since it reverses the original sense of literally ('not figuratively or metaphorically’).”

Bet the staff at Tesco, Morrisons and Asda are literally foaming at the mouth

[Lord Kangana]

Quite literally aswell I bet Tango.

[Prufrock]

F*ck it. Good on them. We might as well have stuck with Mr Johnson's version otherwise? Discuss.



*runs for cover*

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

F*ck it. Good on them. We might as well have stuck with Mr Johnson's version otherwise? Discuss.



*runs for cover*

I'm relaxed about this. The OED records current usage, which is a job that is bigger than being an arbiter and a style guide.

I reserve my right to not like it (and act accordingly) when people use language in a way that doesn't accord with my tastes, but I can't ask much more of the OED than a little note along the lines of "this is not considered regular usage".

[thebish]

F*ck it. Good on them. We might as well have stuck with Mr Johnson's version otherwise? Discuss.



*runs for cover*

I'm relaxed about this. The OED records current usage, which is a job that is bigger than being an arbiter and a style guide.

I reserve my right to not like it (and act accordingly) when people use language in a way that doesn't accord with my tastes, but I can't ask much more of the OED than a little note along the lines of "this is not considered regular usage".

hmmm... whilst this is true - there are boundaries... does the same apply to spelling in common usage - or the new meaning of "squid" - as in "damp squid" to mean something that fails to live up to expectation...

despite my sweary rant - I understand that the OED simply reflects usage and does not legislate language - my anger was that it has now gone so far as to be accepted - but the OED DOES make decisions about what to include and what not to include - it isn't totally the servant of the ignorant populace!

[mrkint]

Flat mate: got a couple of relatives staying over this weekend.

Reality: there's a family of fecking five sauntering about the place! Not cool.

[Bijou Bob]

Flat mate: got a couple of relatives staying over this weekend.

Reality: there's a family of fecking five sauntering about the place! Not cool.

Your flat mate is Ting Tong??!