They ruin our seas and waterways by chucking sewage into them.
Then they apologise for doing this and decide they are going to charge all of us for cleaning up the mess they are responsible for. Isn't that priceless? Although I hope in this case that the word priceless is wrong.
Anglian Water's buzz phrase is "love every drop". Perhaps they might consider this phrase when they chuck all the crap in.
Now let's talk more about buzz words and phrases.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak uses a lot of them, almost as many as Boris Johnson used to do. Who could forget "Lets get Brexit Done?"
One of Sunak's favourites is "Stop the Boats". He gets it into as many conversations as he can. Having been involved in marketing in a previous life I feel pretty confident I know what has happened.
Sunak sat in a room with his media advisers/spin doctors or whatever you want to call them and they came up with the Government's five priorities and decided that the way forward was to trot them out at every conceivable opportunity.
The thought is that if you tell people enough times that you are going to half inflation and cut NHS waiting times they are so gullible that they will believe you.
"Sock it to em Rishi."
But by and large the public are not that gullible.
So one of the slogans to be brought out at every opportunity is "stop the boats."
For us the slogans have become something of a competition
"How long do you think it will be before he uses the phrase stop the boats" I say to anyone in hearing distance.
And sure enough we have an interview with the PM on illegal immigration and within a minute there it is.
"Our priority is to stop the boats."
A manufactured phrase that the spinners believe will root itself into our subconscious when in reality all it does is make us laugh because we know it's coming.
Good for a game of corporate bingo or a game of guess how long it will be before he says it.
Have you ever been at a wedding or an official event where there's been a sweepstake on how long the Best Man's speech will be or how many times an official will use the words "you know" or "I mean" or the word "basically". Of course we now have a new competition entitled what speed will the home secretary drive at the next time she's in a car.
I went to a presentation evening once where we were told the host used the word basically in virtually every sentence. And so he did. We had a little wager on how many times he would use the word during the evening and I think it was over 60.
If I'm giving one of my little talks or speaking to somebody I try never to say "you know" on the grounds that if they knew I wouldn't have to tell them anyway.
Another annoying phrase is "if I'm being totally honest" which rather suggests that the person who says it usually isn't being totally honest. Sports broadcasters use this phrase a lot.
And what about people who start every sentence with the word so.
So I'm not going to do that.
Then there are the people who play for time by spouting rubbish. Former Norwich City chairman Robert Chase who was also chair of Norfolk Police Authority was brilliant at this.
If he was asked a difficult question he would buy himself thinking time by saying things like.
"Well that's a really interesting question and I'm glad you asked it and it's certainly one that I need to answer which I'm happy to do". While all this was going on his brain was thinking of an answer.
We were saying yesterday that journalists can be embarrassing sometimes. We were thinking of the ones that shout questions at public figures.
"Are you going to resign Home Secretary," that kind of thing. It never brings an answer.
On Wednesday I turned on to see the early morning news. What is this vision of loveliness I see before me? Well actually what I said was the opposite. There was our former Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing what could only be described as a baggy suit that was tied up in the middle and with his shirt hanging out.
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I feel I must mention Rolf Harris who died recently. There was a time many years ago when we almost bought one of his pieces of art as an investment. So glad in the light of what subsequently happened that we didn't.
I admired Harris as an entertainer. He was on the verge of becoming a national treasure and then it came out that he was a serial sex pest, preying on young girls.
Harris always seemed so full of bonhomie and fun but obviously there was a darker side that was kept from the cameras. I wonder how long it will be before there's a documentary about him and his pursuits.
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My days seems to be slipping into some kind of routine.
I seem to be waking up around 5 am when I write the daily blog and put it online and then go back to sleep for an hour or so.
I have read that going back to sleep isn't a good thing as far as energy levels go.
I need to stop this new habit.
After I had written this blog I found I had already written a piece about corporate companies. So here is that piece which rather harks back to the starting point of this blog.
I hate it how companies pretend that they are looking after your welfare. I got one the other day from a bank informing me that if I wasn't happy then they weren't happy. This is the bank that keeps you hanging on forever when you phone them and when you eventually get through you can't understand anything that is being said because you are talking to a call centre in India. So no I'm not happy but it's good to know that this makes them unhappy too. What a load of old tosh.
And what about the news that BT is cutting jobs? It always amuses me when companies justify this by saying they want to increase efficiency. Very soon we will be talking to robots. Try being happy then.
It further amuses me that companies also pretend to be concerned about your welfare when dealing with them is often akin to smacking your head against the proverbial brick wall. Not that I've ever done that on the grounds it might hurt considerably.
I saw an amusing cartoon a few days ago. A man was on the phone and talking to a human being at the other end. The caption said:
"Can I talk to a robot please?"
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This one is obviously addressed to my male blogettes'. Do you remember your first shave.
I ask because former footballer Roy Keane has changed his appearance yet again. Keane is now a presenter. His face fuzz is much more interesting than his comments on the football.
He seems to change by the day. Sometimes he has a bushy beard, sometimes a small beard. sometimes a moustache and sometimes he's clean shaven or has stubble.
I don't remember my first shave. I guess it's just something that happened at some point. It certainly happened while I was at grammar school because I remember cutting myself one day and going to school with a plaster on my face. It was almost a badge of honour. It certainly got some remarks.
Having to shave as a young person did have its advantages. I can't remember ever having to prove my age in pubs etc.
I've been clean shaven for more years than I care to remember. I do remember having a full beard and I do remember having one of those drooping moustaches. At one point I seem to remember having shoulder length hair, having a droopy moustache and wearing a black shirt and luminous white tie. I must have looked horrendous and I still have an image of that in my mind. At the time I thought it made me look cool.
I can't imagine ever having a beard again but, as they say, never say never.it.