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Maybe it's the hormones but...

TheMrs923TheMrs923 member
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Anytime someone at work says something like, "I'm going to REACH OUT to him/her", it makes me want to papercut their face.

Why on earth can't you use words or phrases like, call, speak, talk to or any other word or phrase that would insinuate initiating a conversation?

I cannot stand buzz-wordy, marketing-enhanced lingo. 

Sorry, that is all.

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Re: Maybe it's the hormones but...

  • greenclowngreenclown member
    I've never considered that buzz-wordy or marketing-enhanced. I think it's a pretty common phrase. I'm sure I used it when I was working, and I know everyone I worked with uses it.
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  • CWinfree85CWinfree85 member
    I thought it was just me who hated that term.
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  • TheMrs923TheMrs923 member

    imagegreenclown:
    I've never considered that buzz-wordy or marketing-enhanced. I think it's a pretty common phrase. I'm sure I used it when I was working, and I know everyone I worked with uses it.

    I know everyone uses it and I'm sure I even use when I'm around people who also use it but today I heard it on a conference call and for some reason it just made my skin crawl.

    Perhaps it's just the lack of sleep and the fact that I cannot wait to go on maternity leave and get out of here lol.

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  • CinnamonBunCinnamonBun member
    I always hear it in terms of comforting someone. People around here do not throw around that phrase.
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  • greenclowngreenclown member
    imageTheMrs923:

    Perhaps it's just the lack of sleep and the fact that I cannot wait to go on maternity leave and get out of here lol.

    Probably. When I stopped liking my job, everything made my skin crawl. 

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  • TheMrs923TheMrs923 member
    imagegreenclown:
    imageTheMrs923:

    Perhaps it's just the lack of sleep and the fact that I cannot wait to go on maternity leave and get out of here lol.

    Probably. When I stopped liking my job, everything made my skin crawl. 

    I love my job but I'm just so exhausted and uncomfortable and unfocused and stressed out about making sure everything is done before I leave that I really hope he waits a few days after the 15th (my last day of work) so that I can relax a day or two before he comes. 

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