This blog covers the difference between sterile corporate-speak and the language of ordinary people, even in the line of work. I came across this example of Singapore Airlines speaking in, shall we say, code.
"All we ask of customers, wherever they are on our aircraft, is to observe standards that don't cause offence to other customers and crew."
What they were talking about was the policy regarding the use of double beds abroad the new aircraft. The A380 has 12 first-class suites that are not completely sound proofed. For an airline that lets flight attendants walk around in a sarong, all it had to say was something along the lines of "no sex please in our cabins."
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