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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."

She - Interpreter - He.

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

Ruddy bloggers!

"Before texting we had to write letters by hand, and before emojis we honestly just bottled up our emotions."

'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!"

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

"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.

'Boss, it seems like a friendly text, but you've got to learn to read between the emoticons.'

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

The Love Psychologists

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

"My Gmail account is full. I can't get any more email." "So?" "I'll miss email. It was so old-timey. You could write hundreds or even thousands of words, with actual paragraphs." "People didn't see any little animations to show them you were typing. They had to actually wonder if you were going to reply." "And the spam was fun. You never got to hear from Nigerian princes while you're checking your texts." "Just delete stuff." "If you delete a few gigs of old emails, you'll be able to get n

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

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

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

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

"We don't talk."

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

'He says he needs his own space.'