Communication Challenge Enthusiasts Mugs

'Have you noticed how hard this doctor's face is to read?'

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

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

"I don't believe I've missed a single sign since you made the switch to Power Point."

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

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

Couples' therapy

She - Interpreter - He.

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

Teamwork

Ruddy bloggers!

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

"I'm fascinated by body language."

"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!"

WHO checklist

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

My wife's been talking to the skin I shed for over an hour.

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

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

The Love Psychologists

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

'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.'

'What makes you think no-one understands you?'

'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.

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

'He says he needs his own space.'

"Marriage is driving me crazy and she's my designated driver!"

"Go ask your mother ... and I'll tell you why she's wrong."