"Personally, I'd get my opinion of it...."

Context: Justin suggests further sources of information to a client.


The self importance powers are strong in this one.

"Sarah is flying the boat on her own today."

Context: Justin reports on the IT department being understaffed.


Not sure if he's mixed a metaphor here or he actually thinks boats can fly.

Either way, it's nonsense.

"You run the risk of stirring-up a rat’s nest of massive public opinion."

Context: Justin expresses his concern that a project we are doing may have it's consequences.


It's when public opinion becomes massive that you have to start worrying.

"Thanks for holding the shit."

Context: Justin was out of the office for a bit and wanted to express his gratitude for a colleague looking after his projects.


One 4-letter word turns a fairly standard metaphor into an altogether more unpleasant proposition.

"I'm about as high as you can get at the moment."

Context: Dealing with a complainant who wanted to speak to someone in charge.


Justin at his pompous best.

"Having a conversation with David is like pulling teeth out of your arse."

Context: On speaking with a colleague on the 'phone.


I hope he's not drawing from personal experience on this one.

"It's a goldfish."

Context: Justin was explaining capacity on the company network to someone and how quickly new bandwidth gets used. “It’s a goldfish. You get it and then it’s used, just like that.”


One assumes Justin gets through a lot of goldfish at home.

"It's like trying to understand spaghetti."

Context: Justin explaining the vagaries of our accounting system to a new start in the office.


Pasta could be a challenging subject I suppose, if you work at an atomic level.

Justin doesn't.