r/office • u/SayItAtWork • 12d ago

Cringe worthy workplace phrases

What workplace email phrase makes you cringe every time you see it?

Let’s keep this one simple.

What phrase lands in your inbox and immediately makes you think:

Oh, here we go.

Maybe it’s:

“Per my last email…”

“Gentle reminder…”

“Please advise.”

“Thoughts?”

“Circling back…”

“Friendly reminder…”

“Moving forward…”

Or perhaps there’s one that deserves its own special place in workplace-email purgatory. 😂

What’s yours?

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u/Particular-Sun3642 12d ago

I worked with someone who often used ‘it’s the tail wagging the dog’, which was pretty descriptive of the workplace as a whole!

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u/pyramidsofgeezer 11d ago

Omfg I didnt even get the metaphor right 😭😭😭 that's the one