You didn't "brought" it - get it right!!!
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Sail said:I've heard this in the gym before:
(Young man): "Can I quickly borrow this mate?"
(Grumpy old man): "I'm not your mate, MATE!"
Young man walks away pissed
Some complete stranger, young enough to be my son, called me 'pal' the other day.
I bit my tongue and replied, "OK ,chum, your go with the dog-food references." Boy, did he look baffled.
ben g said:Dav the wheel nut said:When people I've never met in my life call me mate.
My stock reply 'I'm not your mate' never seems to go down well
You would be cruising for a bruising if you replied with that comment down this way :lol: :lol: :lol: please never say that if you venture into the South East.
Yep go steady darn ve sarff east Dav....you might get smacked with a shandy bottle.....
:wink:
My uncle (nearing 60) doesn't seem to understand that LOL is meant to reflect a humorous reply.
e.g. I text him to say I'll be over to fix his kid's computer (again) and he'll reply "Thanks lol", or I tell him his 8 year old Mac Mini has finally given up the ghost (after me upgrading it bit by bit over the last 5 year) and he'll reply "Do you think I'll need a new one then lol".
What the feck does he thinks it means :?
e.g. I text him to say I'll be over to fix his kid's computer (again) and he'll reply "Thanks lol", or I tell him his 8 year old Mac Mini has finally given up the ghost (after me upgrading it bit by bit over the last 5 year) and he'll reply "Do you think I'll need a new one then lol".
What the feck does he thinks it means :?
To be fair they can't win though, can they? If they give you some space to browse at your leisure (which is what you wanted), the next customer will criticise them for being lazy and not helping them. I don't mind if I get approached when entering the store as long as they back off if you make it clear you're just having a look. It's the one's that keep persisting after that with "What are you interested in today?" or "Do you have anything in mind?" that annoy me.Sail said:When you haven't even walked 5 steps into a shop to look whats for sale, and a worker comes up to you and asks "Are you OK there?" or "do you need a hand?"
Errmm...No f**k off, I have 2 hands thank you... :lol:
enzed4 said:To be fair they can't win though, can they? If they give you some space to browse at your leisure (which is what you wanted), the next customer will criticise them for being lazy and not helping them. I don't mind if I get approached when entering the store as long as they back off if you make it clear you're just having a look. It's the one's that keep persisting after that with "What are you interested in today?" or "Do you have anything in mind?" that annoy me.Sail said:When you haven't even walked 5 steps into a shop to look whats for sale, and a worker comes up to you and asks "Are you OK there?" or "do you need a hand?"
Errmm...No f**k off, I have 2 hands thank you... :lol:
Yep, it's only the ones who keep nagging away at you or follow you around the store.
I can't abide girls who use 'upspeak' at the end of a sentence or comment but I'd suffer that all and every day rather than listen to someone who says 'yea' at the end of each sentence ....... because yea. Are you still listening to me yea. Cos people don't yea ...
