Make the Dog Days OverI share my office with another co-worker and her large, stinky dog. I’m 99 percent sure my co-worker is aware I hate her dog, as I don’t pet it or interact with it. It is a verbal tic, very distracting albeit harmless. To protect his anonymity, let’s say it’s “quite frankly.” Now imagine watching someone give a 30-minute presentation in which he says “quite frankly” dozens of times, including in incongruous ways like: “Quite frankly, the next steps in the study are to document our findings in a final report.” No one has ever brought it to his attention. That said, it’s also relatively harmless, and for some people a verbal tic may be a symptom of a medical condition.

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