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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:08 PM
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When Did Problems Become Issues?
I hear this in numerous contexts: where one could use the word "problems," instead one uses the word "issues."

Just two examples:

Mental or emotional problems are issues, as in, "Don't go out with that guy. He has issues."

Traffic reporting, as in, "We have issues on the outer loop of the beltway in College Park . . . on the Wilson Bridge, inner loop, a broken down tractor trailer is causing some issues . . ."

:banghead:

Am I the only one irritated by this?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:11 PM
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1. It doesn't bother me.
Although the issues with CT traffic drive me insane.
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arfness Donating Member (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:19 PM
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2. They have "issues" because it hasn't become a "situation"
nt
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:54 PM
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3. Problems are also "concerns" or "challenges."
Bugs the hell out of me, too. If you've got a goddam problem, don't tell me it's a "challenge" or an "issue." IT'S A PROBLEM, and face up to it and deal with it as such. "Challenge" is a particularly odious example of corporatese. :puke:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:56 PM
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4. For me, they're the "devil's stumbling blocks" on my "personal journey
to God"...


:sarcasm: :rofl: :hi:
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 02:03 PM
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7. There are no such things as problems...
(as one particularly assholish boss told me some years ago), only opportunities. That ranks up there with "a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet," as grounds for justifiable homicide, in my opinion.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 05:59 PM
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17. And...problems are SOLVED. Challenges are only 'met'.
I like solved better.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 01:57 PM
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5. bertha, I think you have some issues.
:P

Yes, it drives me CRAZY.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 02:03 PM
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6. Well, that's a no-brainer
Let's be sure we're on the same page here. You've got to think outside the box on this. Take it to the next level. Give it 110%. Get the big picture.

Nope. You're not the only one.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 02:37 PM
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9. At the end of the day, we'll have all our ducks in a row, and we'll be
able to turn the corner.

:hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 02:36 PM
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8. And when did 'The idiot fucked up' become
"He made some bad decisions"?
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 02:38 PM
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10. "He stayed the course" is the newest version.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 03:06 PM
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11. Houston, we have Issues....
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mduffy31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 03:11 PM
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12. When did toliet paper
become bathroom tissue?
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 05:57 PM
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16. My aunt called it 'T-P'.
Edited on Sat Nov-18-06 05:57 PM by trof
Veddy Victorian.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 03:18 PM
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13. Some problems are "challenges."
As in "...a broken down tractor trailer is causing some challenges..."
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 03:26 PM
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14. Well, the beltway does have issues!
It is seriously fu**ed up, just like most of i-95 is.

:nuke:
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 05:52 PM
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15. About the same time that storms became "events"
rain events
snow events
wind events

:wtf:
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 07:32 PM
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18. in the 1980s
i'm not irritated by it, we get the jist, don't we?
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 07:39 PM
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19. I remember when this started
seems fairly recently, but I think it is all to do with the Oprah/Dr. Phil/psychologist of the day world we seem to live in now. Started some years ago. It irks me too.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-18-06 08:34 PM
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20. It's not an issue with me
personally, I think you have problems :)
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