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TheCatWoman

Sorry, but "life hack" annoys the hell out of me, I know what it means, but it sets my teeth on edge, whats wrong with a "tip" or something ?

Another thing is, text speak in normal conversation.

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  • My gp practice have renamed all the receptionists and back office call answering team as “Patient Care Navigators”. Everyone, patients and staff alike (except one presumes the management consultant who dreamt up this insult) detest this new term. It fails to communicate what it actually means and is demotivating to those called this.

    For many years I worked in a large city reference library and here one of their too frequent restructures retitled Librarians as Library and Information Officers. This was particularly offensive as the post graduate qualification needed to be a qualified professional librarian was lengthy and so the new title had no respect, infact it was downright offensive. Being dummed down to just another local government officer completely collapsed morale among this very professional team. 

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  • My gp practice have renamed all the receptionists and back office call answering team as “Patient Care Navigators”. Everyone, patients and staff alike (except one presumes the management consultant who dreamt up this insult) detest this new term. It fails to communicate what it actually means and is demotivating to those called this.

    For many years I worked in a large city reference library and here one of their too frequent restructures retitled Librarians as Library and Information Officers. This was particularly offensive as the post graduate qualification needed to be a qualified professional librarian was lengthy and so the new title had no respect, infact it was downright offensive. Being dummed down to just another local government officer completely collapsed morale among this very professional team. 

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