Today's translation

[substitute]

"I just wondered what the status on this was" is office-buzzspeak for "I hereby preemptively blame you for not carrying out a task that I did not explicitly assign to you or anyone else."

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[lil-om.livejournal.com]

"oh, that...well i sent an email to (insert scapegoat name here)...i will follow up with them right away!"

[scromp.livejournal.com]

"I don't remember if there was a decision made on that" means "I know we made a decision on that and I was supposed to do the work but I didn't and now I'm pretending like we still haven't finished talking about it because I am betting incorrectly that none of you actually remember."

* SCROMP: REMEMBERER OF ACTION ITEMS

[marm0t.livejournal.com]

in my office that means "i know we had a vague conversation about it in passing and i know i didn't actually make a decision on how to proceed but i fully expect you to be taking some sort of action so that i can feel like you're earning your meager keep around here."