You got it wrong, it is a demand, not a thank.
Phrases folks post online that they shouldn't
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for a brief period in my life i had a corporate business client and the one thing that made me see red and think about strangling the pencil neck geeks was receiving an email or phone call to just "touch base" with me.
I got rid of them after about six months cause the money i made wasnt worth the aggravation of having to listen to them LOL
I got rid of them after about six months cause the money i made wasnt worth the aggravation of having to listen to them LOL
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"Reach out" "Touch base" "Circle back" "Let's park that".....corporate BS jargon is always hilarious to me. Nobody talks this way in normal/real life with their friends.
I had a lady that used to say "Sounds like we just need to focus on sharpening the pencil." WTH does that even mean?
Another one I used to hear from a client "Can you tell me the cadence of your visit today?" WTH does that even mean?
Ah ok, got it and yes....it does.
Precisely why it bugs me.
How would you like to demand something from others then?
I do.
Reminds me of the emails we get at work sometimes, where everything is a "metric" or a "delta" or they're always discussing whose court the ball is in at this point in time. Are we a business or a sports team?
You would be in BIG TROUBLE if you treat your coworkers or boss as your "friends".... sooner or later you would regret it.
Well, you just have to be careful about how you do it.
I don't demand things, I ask. If I'm asking for help in an online environment I typically say something like "I appreciate any help folks are willing to give" or the like. "Willing" is the key here. Thanking folks ahead of time is a strange way of doing the same thing I suppose.
It shouldn't change the way you talk/words you use at work with co-workers/managers. Somehow not sounding like this/using these words has worked well for me in my 24 year career so far!
Basically.
I hate it when I find myself slipping into saying that…
"could care less"
Also, if you can't figure out the they're/their/there, or you're/your thing and you've been speaking English for more than maybe a year, it's just laziness. It's not that hard.
Also, if you can't figure out the they're/their/there, or you're/your thing and you've been speaking English for more than maybe a year, it's just laziness. It's not that hard.
Work environment =/= hangin' out with one's buds.
When at work, one has a job to do. Job specific lingo goes with the territory. Jargon evolves to meet the needs. Management speak is used to communicate ideas, needs and requests, just like technical jargon evolves to communicate nitty gritty boring details.
Now if you'd excuse me, I just got this memo about new coversheets for the TPS reports...
