Communication History Buff Prints

"In my day, we had instant messaging too!"

"Smartphone? What's that?"

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"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

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

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

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

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

She - Interpreter - He.

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

'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."

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.

"I'll never forget you."

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

'We finally learned to communicate, and he's worse than I thought he was!

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

Before social media there was sticky notes.

The Love Psychologists

'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.

How to engage an audience

'We had seven gloriously happy years together, and then he learned how to talk.'

'He says he needs his own space.'

How it feels to be in a company with poor communication.

"We don't talk."

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

Complaints departement for men and women.

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