“There’s a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands.”~ Rep. Gary Ackerman on the pampered chief executives of the Big Three automakers, who opted to fly their company jets to a Capitol Hill hearing to beg for a federal… Read More »
Just goes to show that you can’t trust everything you come across on the Internet.
Here’s former Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang’s memo explaining his departure to employees. Notice the highlighted clichés. Related posts:If clichés can kill, these probably willTo be honest with you
因为预算问题，这是新办公室…
Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s Acting Minister for Manpower, said the new guidelines on management of excess staff will “send a clear message to employers on the need to leverage on the tripartite framework” between the government, employers and workers’ unions, so that any retrenchment can be conducted in a “responsible manner”. A sprinkling of euphemisms… Read More »
Before I left Shenzhen for Singapore on vacation, I received this mailer from English First with the last page about some activities held at a local bookstore throughout November for people to experience the joy of learning English. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get it right and called it “English Conner”.