Modern phrases that drive you nuts

[Bedfordblue]

Premier league fit.

 

[slipstream86]

When people say "could I get" rather than "please may I have" when ordering food and drink. Awful Americanism, and wholly inaccurate - You're not getting anything, the person you're ordering it from is.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

When people say "could I get" rather than "please may I have" when ordering food and drink. Awful Americanism, and wholly inaccurate - You're not getting anything, the person you're ordering it from is.

Worse still is person ordering an item by saying "Give me" how f-in rude!

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

I personally am amused by ingrates who say "what it is, is"

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Was once reported to HR in the US for using "suck it and see" in a work meeting....

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

my gears truly ground by 'irregardless' so much so that my kids use it for that purpose.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

People who answer a work questions with "yeah, no...."

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Sorry, keep thinking of more.....
"Trump is better for the economy because he is a successful businessman"
- people who catch a waiters eye and make a scribbling sign in the air instead of asking for the check
- dropping the g from the end of every word ending in '-ing'...

 

[Yarrgh]

People who say no offence, and the proceed to offend

I'm not a [insert terrible thing] but, [proceed with example of being that terrible thing].

 

[LEONARD]

Was once reported to HR in the US for using "suck it and see" in a work meeting....

Gladly retired now, but HR and online training were driving me insane these last few years.

Basically we were all bigots, and needed to self flagellate over our perceived ' wrong-think'.

Nothing about doing our jobs in a productive, informed, and professional manner.

I once mispronounced somebody's name in a zoom meeting.

30 minutes later, a Team email was delivered warning us that it was 'disrespectful' , 'hurtful' and 'wholly insensitive' to fail to address colleagues accurately.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

People who answer a work questions with "yeah, no...."

Yeah....no... that's me.

 

[Kurt.]

Two tier kier


Bit boring now

 

[LEONARD]

Please press for the following options.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Sorry, keep thinking of more.....
"Trump is better for the economy because he is a successful businessman"
- people who catch a waiters eye and make a scribbling sign in the air instead of asking for the check
- dropping the g from the end of every word ending in '-ing'...

Am a scribble sign man ha

How do you approach that situation.l?

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Am a scribble sign man ha

How do you approach that situation.l?

get the waiters attention and ask for the check. I try not to make gestures at people! (although I have done it once or twice when abroad)