Intercom Enthusiast Prints

"Bring me the head of John the Baptist. Just kidding. Get me the Paulson file."

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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?

"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."

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

She - Interpreter - He.

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

'Dial 1-900-Fortune.'

Ruddy bloggers!

All of our representatives are busy right now. Stay on the line and someone will be with you in a few miles.

'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.

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

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

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

The Love Psychologists

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

Before social media there was sticky notes.

'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.'

'Because I'm so sick of those movies, now go get me a romantic comedy.'

Technological advances within the office.

Relationship Issues.

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

"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.'

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