Expressions for Colleagues

OK so let’s continue and look at another situation and another common phrase we can use to express ourselves in that situation.

So have you ever experienced a co-worker another person maybe getting fired and then another person your colleague said something negative or insulting about them and you don’t like that actually can work for a situation where anybody says something and you don’t like that they said it and you think it’s not appropriate that they said it.

You think it’s wrong that they said it.

You want to express that you think that.

Well don’t say don’t say that.

I suppose you could but there is a better way.

So your co-worker just got fired and another co-worker makes an insulting comment about them.

The person who got fired like they were useless anyway.

Well that’s not nice that’s mean.

I mean that’s cruel pay.

That’s what we can use to express our emotion our sort of surprise our shock.

Hey that’s a bit uncalled for uncalled for uncalled for.

Nobody’s perfect.

Nobody nobody is perfect.

So when something happens or something is said and the thing that happens with the thing that is said is maybe rude inappropriate not the right thing in this situation.

Just not good.

And you want to declare it use uncalled for.

Could be an action for example.

You’re watching a sports game and one player just punches another player.

You could say whoa whoa whoa.

That was uncalled for.

He shouldn’t have done that.

That was not necessary.

Basically the meaning of this is not necessary not necessary unneeded.

OK.

You don’t need to say something negative about the co-worker who just laughed right.

I mean they just got fired.

They’re probably having a terrible day.

Why do you need to say something negative about them.

That’s really uncalled for.

That’s really uncalled for.

But at the same time it’s polite.

If I say that to my co-worker who said the negative thing the insulting thing and that’s pretty uncalled for I’m being kind of polite but still mentioning that I’m not okay with the comment then maybe my co-worker will say Yeah yeah I’m sorry I shouldn’t have said that I shouldn’t I shouldn’t have said that I shouldn’t have said it.

Maybe they apologize whatever but uncalled for is the expression that I use to bring up the fact that it’s not OK.

It’s really common for actions for things that are said.

One more example of uncalled for.

Might be the companies companies decision to ban band means you’re not allowed to do that to ban shorts is uncalled for.

Maybe we work in a company that’s pretty informal generally and a lot of people wear shorts when they come into work OK.

But the company has decided no they will not allow shorts.

Well I don’t like that my opinion.

That’s not OK so I’ll say hey this decision to ban shorts is uncalled for unnecessary unnecessary.

So that’s how we use it a similar expression to this that we can use in the co-worker situation is like this is that is that really necessary.

That really necessary so we can actually say is that necessary to express our feeling.

It’s the same meaning it’s the same meaning when you’re doing this what you’re doing is you’re sticking up for that person to defend someone usually in words is to stick up for them.

If somebody says something bad about your family member what will you do.

You’ll say hey that’s uncalled for as My my brother you’re talking about what am I doing.

I’m sticking up for my family.

Well maybe I’m sticking up for this person who got fired.

They’re not even here.

But I’m still sticking up for them because the comment was made behind their back.

They weren’t there.

They can’t defend themselves.

They didn’t hear it the comment was made behind their back.

So I want to stick up for them.

So whenever you defend someone with your words usually you’re sticking up for them.

You’re saying hey no not OK I protect the people behind me.

That’s the idea anyway very common expression both this one and uncalled for.