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Define: "Just checking in"
What HR thinks it means:
A follow-up to monitor the status of an ongoing task or request.
What it actually means:
"Respond to my email right now."
Use it in a meeting:
"Just checking in on that critical patch deployment, because the client escalated to the CEO and I need someone to throw under the bus."
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