I stumbled across the verb "arrive" used in a transitive sense the other day. I was going in for my flu shot and at the front desk the receptionist, having to pass me on to another receptionist on another matter, said "You can have him after I've arrived him."

I was mulling this over this morning and even I could think of another way to say it that didn't involve using a verb that, up until now and to the best of my knowledge, had been only intransitive. What I got wondering, and this is really my only question although I'm sure some will run amok decrying the usage, is whether having another way of saying something is a valid criticism of any usage. I maintain that there's always another way to say it.