Words or Phrases Which Trigger Me

1. RFP

2. You're on mute

3. Could we meet for 3 hours to discuss this? (Do we need to actually meet and why for so long?)

4. I don't have time to do X. (just say you don't want to - everyone has time for things that are important to them.)

5. Do you have 5 minutes?

6. Great/good/bad weather we're having, eh?

7. We have 1 minute left in this meeting but there's this really big, complex thing I need to discuss with you.

8. How is your day going?

9. Any update on X? ... or... Where are we at with X?

10. What have you been up to?