To be irritated by the term "reaching out"?

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When what is meant is "contacting"?

I recently left a comment on a company's FB page with some suggestions as to how they could improve their service. A company rep has now replied and their response starts "Hi Page, thanks for reaching out to us..."

I didn't reach out to you! I contacted you. The only time I "reach out" is to grab something that's arm's length away. I'm not a needy supplicant approaching you with my arms stretched out.

It's not the first time I've seen this used, so AIBU to dislike the creeping replacement of a perfectly serviceable, no-nonsense word like "contacting" with this wank?

(And yes, before anyone wonders, obviously this is all I have to worry about; all wars are over, famine has been eradicated, we're all wonderfully equal and tolerant, free unicorns all round and so now I can get onto worrying about the really important stuff )

A lot of bloggers and online influencers (gag at that last term) say reach out a lot. I think what they really mean is they have been approached by a company to feature a product, or they have contacted a company to ask for freebies in return for a feature. It's another way of producing an ad without actually disclosing it, isn't it?

"Reach out" in this context is absolutely ridiculous. I have to deal with someone who regularly uses this in conversation, and I have real difficulty preventing myself from laughing.

This is RIFE in my office and I cringe when I hear it.

We also have a lot of 'looping-in' and 'checking if we have enough bandwidth' for something. If not then 'the runway is full'. Work projects are 'pieces' and my most hated is 'what are the takeaways from this?'

Ugh. I think they are all designed to make (some) people feel more important.

I had this exact same conversation at home last night. No, you contacted me. No reaching -part from for your phone was involved!! And ' touch base' wtf??? Bugger off!

DSis (lives in the USA) uses this all the time. Each time she says it my first reaction is to tell her to fuck off to the far side of fuck offs ville. I am however more mature than her, so resist.

YANBU, not at all, not even a tiny bit. I hate that.

YANBU. I fucking hate this.

It's one of those phrases that is so vapid and cringeworthy, once I hear someone use it I can't possibly take them seriously from that point on.

YANBU
Reach out
Work with
Stakeholders
Share with you
And I'd like to add "Going Forward" as a pp mentioned.
It's "In future" ffs

'When it's done we'll work with yourselves...'

No. No you fucking won't.

Often my response when someone suggests someone I should 'reach out' to, is to say 'do you mean email them?'

Albatross all the "yourself" and "myself" instead of "you" and "I" gives me the fucking rage too. Where the hell has that come from all of a sudden?

I also hate "let's take this offline". We're not on line you fucking idiots, we're in a meeting!

Yanbu.

Oh yes, "yourself" and "myself" instead of "you" and "me" is a whole other level of irritation.

Going Forward.
Can I get?
Reaching out.
All equally hideous and bring me great rage.

Yep another one who works for an American company. I read/hear this daily and to start with it baffled me, but now I'm guilty of using it too!

Gifted.

Tasked with.

Ugh!!!!!!

I do use 'butt' ironically though and me and DH 'myself' and 'yourself' each other all the time

Hate, hate, HATE 'Let's take this offline'. Apart from it being an incredibly wanky turn of phrase in itself, it's always used by someone who hasn't got a clue what they're talking about, but hopes shutting people down with something like this will make them look super-efficient and the other person look like a trivial time waster.

YANBU.

But this is quite a busy space at the moment, so I'll get some artefacts over to you ASAP.

Can't stand it. People in my office have started "touching base" too. Fuck off.

Don't get me started on upspeak? Okay?

I think that ship has sailed, sadly.

I work, like, with , like, literally, like no-one, even quite senior people who doesn't do upspeak. I am turning into the Mr Cholmondley-Warner of our team with my old fsahioned even intonation, lack of use of "like" and failure to adopt valley girl vocal fry.

YANBU. My mind autocorrects "reach out" to "reach around"

I agree with everyone here OK? BUT the reason we use 'reaching out' at work is because it holds no power / superiority / authority implications.

If you ask someone = you don't know what they do
If you tell someone = you are in authority over them

Reaching out = a collaborative discussion with valued input from both sides

We are all 'team members' at work - not managers, bosses, underlings, individual workers etc - just team members.

I think the 'myself' and 'yourself' stuff started on The Apprentice - Lord Sugar asked who was responsible for a particular task and some twat uttered the abominable words, 'That was myself', Lord Sugar' and it was all downhill from there.
Ang I FUCKING HATE 'going forward'. What is wrong with 'in future' or 'from now on?' We have no choice but to go forwards, you can't go backwards (unless you're Dr Who). I would like to hunt down the individual who came up with this phrase and shoot them

'Reaching out' and 'touching base' sounds like what teenagers might do in the back of a car..

I work for a group based in california so of course I hear this stuff. 'Reach out to the legal team' ... Ffs why not just 'discuss that with the legal team'?