Communication Engineer Gifts

Desert Island Castaway sends an SOS with a Laptop Computer.

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"And isn't it time we replaced the worn-out, meaningless cliches in our mission statement with some dazzlingly new meaningless cliches?"

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"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

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

"Nope, I still only have one bar."

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

Dialogue

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

"What's going on Jen? Why didn't you respond to my kissing emoji?"

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

She - Interpreter - He.

Changing Minds

"....So called 'fake news' is dangerous to our democracy!"

"I was going to have my people call his people, but I’m pretty sure his people have Caller I.D."

"We live in the golden age of fake news, alternative facts and spin control. Your resume is too truthful."

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

Information...political rhetoric

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

Twitter censorship

"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!"

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

"Twitter is back! Hurry, hurry, get yer free speech here!"

"Well, after ad school, our Timothy made a 6-second Ad that nobody saw."

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

"'Grim Reapers' was considered too offensive, these days we're known as 'afterlife facilitators.'"