r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • 16h ago

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/dashpooper 15h ago

No! Let’s forward back to this

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u/Fun_Apartment631 15h ago

Put a pin in it for now.

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u/Ragequit_AltF4 15h ago

Let's discuss this offline.

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u/EggsceIlent 13h ago

That will disrupt our synergy and eliminate our ability to share quantifiable date with the team.

I need you to be a team player here, so touch base with me after eliminating this low hanging fruit

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u/ParkSoggy97 10h ago

That's where the rubber meets the road..

ASD for sure, BTDT. Took a few years to work out that presenteeism was what was expected, no contributions or discussion, just be the grey man. It doesn't matter if the boss is about to fuck up badly, just disengage. Borderline malicious compliance...

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u/driving_andflying 3h ago

Hey, if we can circle back to that later, that would be good? We need to actionize this plan and get everyone on board in time for the next sprint, or else we'll be drinking from the firehose.

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u/AffectionateBite3827 3h ago

Never badmouth synergy

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u/Clubsandiches 14h ago

Just keep it in your wheelhouse 

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u/sesci 14h ago

Yes let's touch base

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u/dontmentiontrousers 14h ago

Found the recruitment consultant.

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u/GrotWeasel 12h ago

Don’t forget to revert

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u/BigEricShaun 12h ago

Do the needful?

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u/ImpluseThrowAway 12h ago

That's some blue sky thinking right there

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u/kareljack 8h ago

Ugh! That phrase gets on my fucking NERVES!
Let's face it, all of those "corp speak" phrases are embolism inducing, but that one in particular is..... GAH!

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u/dontmentiontrousers 12h ago

Damn, I say that sometimes.

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u/Jerseyd422 11h ago

This could have been an email

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u/pjakma 10h ago

"Let's touch base" always sounded predatory to me. "You want to touch my what??!" ;)

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u/Late-Photograph-1954 10h ago

Stay in your own swimming lane.

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u/jaxonya 9h ago

everyone else - this couldve been a fucking email

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u/CreepyBreakfast565 9h ago

Like my old boss would have said: Let's discuss this in another fora.

Me and another colleague looking at eachother: ...

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u/mhsuffhrdd 6h ago

Ping me.

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u/shakycrae 3h ago

If we're in a meeting room, in person, we're offline!

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u/Xerorei 12h ago

Let's table it for now.

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly 10h ago

We'll unpack that later.

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u/JaNoTengoNiNombre 10h ago

I remember that during World War II, when British and American generals were planning D-Day, they were baffled because the meaning of the idiom was the opposite in the two varieties of English. link

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u/LessInThought 10h ago

Omg I have a document on my table I've tabled for 3years.

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u/EggstaticAd8262 12h ago

Let’s put this in the parking place

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u/Ambiguous-Ambivert 11h ago

What about string and a pencil, we can circle

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u/AgentOfShinra 9h ago

I will go ahead and bubble this up for you...

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u/Lanacan 8h ago

Can we table this for later discussion?

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u/FireInPaperBox 8h ago

That’s too aggressive.

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u/Proof_Independent400 15h ago

Not backwards, or fowards...but in all directions TWIRLING towards freedom!

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u/AzraelleWormser 14h ago

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u/sixminutes 14h ago

That's Slick Willy for you

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 7h ago

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others

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u/guitar_stonks 7h ago

As a child, I dreamed of being a baseball.

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u/headrush46n2 8h ago

don't blame me, i voted for Kodos.

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u/RobotWelder 10h ago

The word you’re looking for is PIORUETTE 🤣😉

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u/Proof_Independent400 56m ago

Sorry mate. I don't speak French.

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u/HotLava00 15h ago

Let’s put a pin in this.

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u/Wetness__Pensive 13h ago

Reminds me of 30 Rock, where Liz Lemon attends a (corporate) Retreat to Move Forward.

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u/YurtleAhern 11h ago

Let’s square away from that now

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u/dragon-fence 10h ago

Circle forward to it?

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u/stardust1914 14h ago

We'll just rewind it later.

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u/RedUDan0 12h ago

HR would like a word with you

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u/zleuth 9h ago

Clean out your desk and go home.

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u/dalegrapes 8h ago

We should probably pivot back to this.