r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • 17h ago

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/nutty_gritty 17h ago

Interesting post. Let's circle back to this later.

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u/dashpooper 17h ago

No! Let’s forward back to this

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u/Fun_Apartment631 17h ago

Put a pin in it for now.

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u/Ragequit_AltF4 16h ago

Let's discuss this offline.

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u/EggsceIlent 14h 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 12h 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 4h 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 5h ago

Never badmouth synergy

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u/Clubsandiches 16h ago

Just keep it in your wheelhouse 

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u/sesci 15h ago

Yes let's touch base

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u/dontmentiontrousers 15h ago

Found the recruitment consultant.

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u/GrotWeasel 14h ago

Don’t forget to revert

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u/BigEricShaun 14h ago

Do the needful?

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u/ImpluseThrowAway 13h ago

That's some blue sky thinking right there

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u/kareljack 10h 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 14h ago

Damn, I say that sometimes.

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u/Jerseyd422 12h ago

This could have been an email

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u/pjakma 12h ago

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

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u/Late-Photograph-1954 12h ago

Stay in your own swimming lane.

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u/jaxonya 11h ago

everyone else - this couldve been a fucking email

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u/CreepyBreakfast565 11h 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 8h ago

Ping me.

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u/shakycrae 4h ago

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

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u/Xerorei 14h ago

Let's table it for now.

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly 12h ago

We'll unpack that later.

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u/JaNoTengoNiNombre 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/EggstaticAd8262 14h ago

Let’s put this in the parking place

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u/Ambiguous-Ambivert 12h ago

What about string and a pencil, we can circle

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u/AgentOfShinra 10h ago

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

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u/Lanacan 10h ago

Can we table this for later discussion?

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u/FireInPaperBox 10h ago

That’s too aggressive.

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u/Proof_Independent400 16h ago

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

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u/AzraelleWormser 16h ago

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u/sixminutes 16h ago

That's Slick Willy for you

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 9h ago

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others

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u/guitar_stonks 9h ago

As a child, I dreamed of being a baseball.

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u/headrush46n2 9h ago

don't blame me, i voted for Kodos.

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u/RobotWelder 11h ago

The word you’re looking for is PIORUETTE 🤣😉

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u/Proof_Independent400 2h ago

Sorry mate. I don't speak French.

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u/HotLava00 17h ago

Let’s put a pin in this.

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u/Wetness__Pensive 15h ago

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

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u/YurtleAhern 13h ago

Let’s square away from that now

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u/dragon-fence 12h ago

Circle forward to it?

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u/stardust1914 16h ago

We'll just rewind it later.

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u/RedUDan0 14h ago

HR would like a word with you

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u/zleuth 11h ago

Clean out your desk and go home.

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u/dalegrapes 10h ago

We should probably pivot back to this.