The 8 Worst Written Business Phrases of All Time
This is a unprovoked and no-mercy-spared attack on the perceived right of ordinarily sane, everyday individuals (such as middle managers and project co-ordinators) to morph into corporate executives with a mouth full of marble-shaped glass paperweights when they open Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook and their fingers first glance the keyboard.
I’ve blogged before about The 10 Worst Business Phrases of All Time. That was about spoken phrases and incidentally, was the fifth most popular blog post here. This is The 8 Worst ‘Written’ Business Phrases of All Time. Some of these were – no apology – taken directly from letters and emails I have seen. Some were taken from letters that were presented to me, as examples of the fine writing style of someone specifically brought in to spruce up business letters being sent out to customers, by a business right here in Northern Ireland. Read more…
