> Not sure why such an innoccous expression like 'circle-back' sends people into fits of rage. Because it’s not innocuous, it’s fucking obnoxious, that’s what.

> Not sure why such an innoccous expression like 'circle-back' sends people into fits of rage. Because it’s not innocuous, it’s fucking obnoxious, that’s what. Just as I was thanking my deities of choice a few years ago that “touch basing” all the time had become uncool and all but disappeared from the workplace parlance, now all of a sudden everyone is happily “circling back” to topics of choice. It seems to be coming and going in waves. This new hotness of a slang is also particularly shitty because it alludes to going through a few rounds of unnecessary talk before getting to the point. It’s also one thing if one person is doing this, but if everyone and their dog keep circling back to stuff, it sounds quite idiotic. The only thing that’s even worse is when a manager adopts military terminology while knowing nothing whatsoever about military.