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I use at the end of the day; it’s a meaningless verbal tic, less something you could, erm, justify in a business context. Annoying? Oh yea. But what is wrong
by drb91 9y ago
I use at the end of the day; it’s a meaningless verbal tic, less something you could, erm, justify in a business context.
Annoying? Oh yea.
But what is wrong with reaching out? Seems like a different way of phrasing “make contact with”, except with a connotation of intending to help.
- pwython 9y agoAt the end of the day, all of these phrases aren't that bad, as long as you don't overuse them. eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAaWrdMf-j0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAaWrdMf-j0
- Jedd 9y agoI eschew 'reaching out'. It can be replaced by more honest and/or accurate terms. The big problem is that it is part of the problem - people that use this phrase tend to use other occluding language. And people that speak or write that way - as per TFA - tend to do it a lot. Btw, 'intending to help' I don't think is implied. Naturally you may 'reach out' to provide or offer assistance, but in a business context there should be a business driver for doing the actual contact thing, and then you can choose to specify the context or not.