| "Sorry, I was multitasking." | "I think what X is trying to say is..." | Asks the presenter to go back a slide | "You did a great job on that, X." Showing their in the position to judge and condescend. | "You might be right" |
| Repeats what someone else said, but very slowly | "I used to think that, too." | "Let's just get to the bottom line." | "Well, thease are the facts." | "I can see why you might think that." |
| Draws a Venn diagram | "Why don't you summarize again for everyone else?" | PEOPLE TRYING TO LOOK SMART IN MEETINGS BINGO (free square) | Translates percentages into fractions | "I don't need the details." |
| Nods while pretending to take notes | Steps out for a phone call | "Please get back to us on this" Making someone else do the work and report back. | "Will this scale?" | "We need to wrap our heads around this." |
| "At the end of the day..." | "How can we productize this? | "I'm a bit of a visionary" | "What are the 'next steps'?" | Encourages people to "take a step back" |