Think outside the box.

This, of course, belongs in the Office Lingo Hall of Fame.  What’s accurate about this is that office life really is like being in a box.  A giant, horrible box that contains much tinier boxes (cubicles).

The word COLLEAGUE

Anytime by New York roommates come home and talked about their “colleagues” I wanted to throw myself out a window. The word gets under my skin. Just say, “people I work with”...”chick at the office”....”my friend from work?”

Let's get down to brass tacks.

Um, what?  It took me forever to realize what this meant—“let’s get down to basics”.  But tacks are sharp, have nothing to do with anything, and, knowing me, I’d probably step on one.

Did you get that memo?

"Meeting Time"

This is a GREAT idea for a guide. I seriously have waaaaay too many things to contribute. But I have to say that whenever my boss said “meeting time” I totally cringed. There’s nothing worse than having pointless meetings (especially around 1pm so you have to take your lunch break early) that go on for way too long. 

"Let's take this discussion offline"

When you’re mid-meeting and start getting off topic, but it is still something perceived as worthy, it is often suggested that the discussion be “taken offline,” i.e., shut the hell up and maybe we can talk about this later, otherwise the God awful meeting we are currently in may never end.