An AOL Finance article "Worst Things to Say at Work" caught my eye this morning.

It's dead on career advice -- particularly the "It's not my job" phrase (a colleague and I have a special name for those kind of co-workers -- he or she is a "notmyjobber").

"It's not my fault" is another huge workplace phrase pet-peeve of mine. I don't care who's fault it is...fix the problem...now...then we'll talk about how it happened. Offer solutions not excuses. Or, as my mentor says, "strive at all times to be a part of the solution."