- A number of different approaches are being tried. (We don’t know where we’re going, but we’re moving.)
- Close project coordination. (We should have asked someone else.)
- An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach to the problem. (We just hired 3 guys. We’ll let them kick it around for a while.)
- Major technological breakthrough. (Back to the drawing board.)
- Customer satisfaction believed assured. (We’re so far behind schedule that the customer is happy to get anything at all from us.)
- Preliminary operational test were inconclusive. (The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch!)
- The test results were extremely gratifying. (It works and boy are we surprised.)
- The entire concept will have to be abandoned. (The only guy who understood the thing quit.)
- It is in the process. (It is so wrapped up in red tape that the situation is almost hopeless.)
- We will look into it. (By the time the wheel makes a full turn, we will assume you have forgotten about it.)
- Please note and initial. (Let’s spread the responsibility for this job.)
- Give us the benefit of your thinking. (We’ll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn’t interfere with what we have already done.)
- Give us your interpretation. (Your warped opinion will be pitted against our good sense.)
- See me, or Let’s discuss. (Come down to my office, I’m lonesome.)
- All new. (Parts not interchangeable with previous design.)
- Lightweight. (It’s cheaper than our last design.)
- Years of development. (Finally got one that worked.)
- Energy saving. (Achieved when the power switch is off.)
- No maintenance. (Impossible to fix!)
- We need to meet for a coordination meeting. (I am hopelessly behind schedule, so can slow you guys down too?)
