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 Youngsters and Cultural References - sooty123
> She and I also caught ourselves out with a piece of professional jargon - 'the
>> lobster pot'. This refers to people moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Once on
>> UC there's no way of getting out/going back to legacy benefits - hence the lobster
>> pot. Had quite a long discussion about a client who'd lost an award of Personal
>> Independence Payment and whether consequent changes to his other benefits could put him in the
>> lobster pot. Only after using phrase several times did we realise it meant nothing to
>> the trainee who was shadowing me.
>>
>> She gets it now!!
>>


I think that shows how easy it is to confuse others with 'isms' especially those new to a certain job.

Can be nothing but a bit of embarrassment in some areas, can be critical in others.

One of the reasons I prefer plain language and explain 'isms' beforehand when at work. Of course if its not really important on here if you don't follow some posts on here.
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