# Story 2 — 8 ways to say 'screw you' at work - **Episode:** [204](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/204.md) (2025-06-10) - **Type:** news-roundup - **Tags:** workplace, communication, conflict - **Time:** 14:01–18:32 (start 841s) - **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/204?t=841](https://truthliesandwork.com/204?t=841) --- [14:01] Al Elliott: Well, this is probably applicable to, uh, to a lot of people you just mentioned in that. I saw a post on— it was on Instagram, which is not my usual— [14:09] Leanne Elliott: Goodness, what were you doing on the Insta? [14:10] Al Elliott: To be fair, I think I saw it on Twitter and they— I saw a link to it on Twitter and then I went over to Instagram. Um, and it's called 8 Ways to Say Screw You at Work. So I think this will be really useful for those [14:20] Leanne Elliott: Oh, perfect [14:22] Al Elliott: Perfect [14:22] Leanne Elliott: This wasn't coordinated [14:23] Al Elliott: No, it wasn't [14:24] Leanne Elliott: Hit me [14:25] Al Elliott: Okay. So now just to be clear, this is someone who is Lee Harding, a Brit. He goes under the Introverted Recruiter handle. He did not say 8 ways to say screw you. He used other words that might rhyme with truck. Uh, so, uh, so yeah, so I've, I've tied it up a little bit. It is hilarious, but a little profane. So you probably don't wanna be playing this in front of your nan or maybe your boss or interrupting work. But it is hilarious if you like a sweary Brit, which to be honest— [14:53] Leanne Elliott: I do [14:53] Al Elliott: I like a sweary Brit. We are sweary Brits. This is, this is our best behaviour on this pod. So here we go. Um, here's 8 ways to say screw you at work. And he said, as per my last email. Now what he suggests is that in other words, I've told you at least Once before, you fricking idiot. You didn't read it, did you? Just go and do the job [15:13] Leanne Elliott: Mm-hmm [15:13] Al Elliott: I, yep. Brilliant. Love that. Uh, number 2, this is, I love this. To reiterate [15:19] Leanne Elliott: Because I've told you fricking once [15:21] Al Elliott: His, his explanation or his translation was, I'm not telling you again, just do it, you. And then there was something poetic. That, to, to reiterate, I really do like that. To reiterate. Um, number 3, I've CC'd in. And then X's person. And he said, this is Nick's idea, is I'm not playing anymore. I'm collecting witnesses at this point. It's so true. When you do CC in someone and you specifically say in the email you CC someone, basically you mean that I want someone else to see the idiocy that I'm gonna have to deal with right here. Number 4, and I love this one, and it's probably maybe just a British one, but thanks for your input. Oh [16:01] Leanne Elliott: That's brutal [16:03] Al Elliott: It's brutal, isn't it? [16:04] Leanne Elliott: That's like, that was completely useless, but thank you for wasting my time [16:07] Al Elliott: Well, his translation was, that is, hang on a minute, nobody asked you. Literally nobody. I love that. Thanks for your input. I'll be using that at the earliest opportunity. Not with you, Leigh, of course. Uh, number 5, um, as a reminder, um, his suggestion is, I'm not here to, I'm not here to babysit you. You should have already done this. Fair enough. Number 6, respectfully. Now this is so funny because when someone says with the greatest of respect, they don't mean it [16:38] Leanne Elliott: Rarely with respect [16:39] Al Elliott: If someone says respectfully in an email, you know fine well the next sentence coming outta their mouth is not gonna be good. It's basically be like, I have zero respect for you. Sit the fuck down right now. This is none of your business. So, uh, I wonder if you could send that. I mean, I wonder if that's just like a boss-employee thing. I don't think you can send it to anything other than a colleague or a direct reporter, I don't think. If someone says, moving forward, can we— this is his translation— is, are you seriously this stupid? You've been doing it over and over again. Please never do this again. Moving forward, can we not CC in a client when we're talking about putting the prices up, for example? And the last one he said, Which I found myself possibly doing. This is if you send an email and you end it with best regards. Basically what it means is I hate my job, I hate this place, but most of all, I hate you. But I can't say this because I'm going to get fired. So I have to say best regards instead. It's, um, it was a really, really good little video. Again, I say it is quite sweary, but you know, if you're into that kind of thing, which we are, then we absolutely love it. Um, uh, anything else this week? Leanne, what are your thoughts on this? I— [17:49] Leanne Elliott: it just makes me laugh because everyone, everyone knows the translation. Yeah, you know, everyone— it's, it's this kind of civility at work, but everybody knows what's underlying it [18:01] Al Elliott: Yeah [18:01] Leanne Elliott: Um, so yeah, I think it's, I think it's quite funny. I, I like, I like posts like that, particularly things on, on emails. Um, yeah, they, they're quite good. I also think as well that a similar thing as well, if you like that type of thing, if you just Google like the best out-of-office replies Some of them are beautiful. Absolutely beautiful [18:19] Al Elliott: If you hate corporate talk or you don't want to sound like a corporate, then Thursday's episode is for you. And also you'll learn how you could potentially use some of these phrases, but in a good way. Le, what else you seen, my love?