Communications Connoisseur Mugs

Your Leaders Putting Words Into More Words

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'The meaning of communinication is the response we get'

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

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'What we've got here is a failure to communicate.'

"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?

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

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

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

Dialogue

She - Interpreter - He.

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

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'I solved the problem of dead zones on my cell phone with a personal satellite,'

"But I see you're having difficulty following my argument."

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

"We'd better watch Cranston. He looks like a whistleblower."

With the popularity of spell-checkers, many people are turning to the new speech-checkers.

Ruddy bloggers!

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

Men gossiping

"Help! I'm surrounded by idiots."

'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!"

"Oh! It's you! I was expecting the machine."

"It probably got lost in the voice mail."

"I feel like I don’t even know my own husband ... and it’s driving me wild!"

'Your wife says you act like a fool. I thought you said she never pays attention to you.'

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

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

"I guess when your husband dies you'll really understand what they mean by a statistical death."

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

"I think that was one upgrade to many for Chris!"