Communication Avenger Prints

'Ugh...I hate phone solicitors.'

"My email is down... talk to me."

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Inclusive speech

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

"No, I really DO love you. It's just that my committee has some issues."

Couples' therapy

She - Interpreter - He.

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

"He keeps reissuing everything I take issue with."

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

WHO checklist

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

"I think your idea of stress relief is drastic!"

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

The Love Psychologists

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

"I suppose we should start with listening skills!"

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

'No, there's nothing on my mind, but if there was I don't want to talk about it.'

Technological advances within the office.

Relationship Issues.

'He says he needs his own space.'

"I've never seen a resume that's entirely made up of emojis. Let me take a few moments to decode it."