How to say “y’all sound crazy” in a professional setting

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BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml · 35 pts · 3y (2 replies)

"I'm not sure we're on the same page with that concept."

dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

marcos@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

IMO only means "I disagree", and implies much more a difference of values than of cognitive capacity.

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 3y (3 replies)

“This is counter to my current understanding”

sisyphean@programming.dev · 15 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This is excellent, enjoy your Lemmy Gold!

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 3y

Thank u so far I am enjoying it.

marcos@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

There is also the "I don't follow your logic" humblebrag.

Dirk@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 3y

Have you tried looking at it from a different perspective?

nevemsenki@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y

That's not a bad idea. However, I would propose a few small improvements to - completely different plan follows

jeebus@kbin.social · 9 pts · 3y

We need alignment on x or y will suffer.

isdfoa@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

When it sounds stupid but idgaf: Sounds good!

When it sounds stupid and igaf: thanks for bringing up that point! Definitely I agree with what you're saying, but don't think it really applies here cause... As I mentioned yesterday... Sorry if I wasn't super clear before but...

Gentoo1337@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y

"Yeah, I don't know about that"

HeartyBeast@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y

“That certainly sounds very … courageous”

Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 5 pts · 3y

Understandable. Have a nice day

germtm_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

sound like you have implicated a whole lot of mental gymnastics for that.

IndependentRanger@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

I'm sorry, this is going to sound ignorant. It sounds like there is more to this than it first seems. Go silent and wait

My go to at work

mfz@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Just smile and nod slowly..

sheetmulch@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Smile and wave boys!

Smile and wave…

ArugulaZ@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Perhaps you should all try seeing this from a different angle.

Ronno@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

It doesn't translate fully to English, but I always like this one: "Have you considered giving your studies another chance?"

lhx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

"That's not a reasonable [opinion/position/take/xyz] and is going to [cost us money/make us look bad/blow up in our face/etc]."

boo@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

Too mild, i need something stronger.

Shadow298@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y

"There is a large juxtaposition between expectation and result." Once used that when asked to give feedback on a store manager when I was a security guard.

Duchess@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

i hhhhhhaaaaaate corporate speak. it's the biggest reason i fuck up at interviews. just say what you mean.

rebul@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

The gate is down, but the train isn't coming..