Originally posted by teamsaint
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Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.
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Originally posted by mangerton View PostWhen did "pupils" become "students"?
(I don't mind youngsters who study being called "students" nearly as much! Why "pupils" in the first place? Because teachers have to keep their eyes on them all the time?)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAround the same time that "Heads of Departments" became "Line Managers"?
And patients became 'clients'
And passengers 'customers'
(Or similar)..."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Anna
And Personnel Department became Human Resources ..... and ceased caring about humans and merely ticked boxes for a living.
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3rd Viennese School
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostJust the sort of thing that makes you want to grab their low-hanging fruit, isn't it.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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