At the End of the Day
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007|
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I have been keeping this inside for way too long. The people who love me have noticed a change in my personality. It all boils down to this: “At the end of the day.”
Is that understandable? I know I have my quirks and would be the first one to admit that I get frustrated easily, but please, please, I beg you…please stop saying, “At the end of the day!”
At the end of the day, I think we should circle back around and touch base to get on the same page. I mean, where the heck did anyone learn this stuff? I hear it all the time on NPR when they are interviewing someone who works for the government. They say things like, “Well, we really need to push this towards the end zone and get it through the goal posts.” Pleeeeeeeease.
The reason I am writing this is because I just received an email where someone told me to “Please advise.” Yeah, I’ll advise all right.
Lastly, if you are over the age of 17 and live in the suburbs, please don’t say 24/7. For you, it’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I hear newscasters say 24/7 all the time.
Ok, I’m done…almost.
One more thing, and this is really annoying. The most common misspelled word out there is “Lose.” When writing, “I tend to lose things quite often,” please don’t fall into the trap of writing, “I tend to loose things quite often.” Also, the “t” in often is silent. We are not in England.
