don't get me wrong -- i'm glad the phone is ringing.

[fox]

It's just that when the Executive Director of Operations uses the expression "reach out to you" ("I wanted to reach out to you and make sure the interest was still there"; "I'm going to have someone in our HR department reach out to you to schedule an interview"; etc.) five times -- or, really, more than once, and even allowing one such use is generous -- in one phone call, it's hard not to smirk.

Comments

[kmg-365.livejournal.com]

"Reach out to you" is preferable to people who say "I wanted to ping you."

I'm a person, not a computer, dammit. You can't ping me to see if I have bandwidth available for a new task.

[laurakaye.livejournal.com]

That is a business-speak expression that I hate with a passion. HATE. I can't exactly say why, other than the fakeness of it. Why can't people just say "call you" or "write you" or "talk to you" or "ask you"?

[thermidor.livejournal.com]

How did I know Laura would comment on this?! ♥

L & I have a coworker who says this all the time and it drives me (us!)batshit.

[laurakaye.livejournal.com]

Because you know me so well, dahling. *g*