so while i'm on the subject of uncomfortable, commonly used phrases, what's the point of the term "let's touch base". as in, "hey, bob, nice meeting. call me on monday to touch base about what we discussed."where does this come from? did the original 'touch baser' decide that, after meeting with someone, he needed to use his pointer finger and gently touch the base of an individual? if so, what did the other person do?...
"why did you just touch my base?"
"i don't know. just seemed like the right thing to do"
"although i'm uncomfortable with this, i pride my self in being open to new ideas. let's set up a meeting to discuss what we just discussed before you touched my base..."
anyways, at work this next week i'm going to try to use the phrase "let's touch base" as many times as possible and see if people take me more seriously.
next weeks dorky business word: mitigate. as in, "our company will utilize government bailout money to mitigate our losses due to managerial mistakes in the previous 43 quarters."
