18-10-2018, 07:33 PM
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I don’t like,‘Bless you’. I find this so condescending.
‘Is there anything else l can help you with’. Said by workers in Call Centres.
‘Sorry about that’. Said in shops if they haven’t got the item you want. They aren’t really sorry!
‘Pick Up’. Usually said in American films when someone isn’t answering their ‘cell’ phone!
The word, ‘guys’. I couldn’t ever bring myself to utter that word!
The word, ‘addy’ for an email address.
£9.99 pronounced, noine nointy noine ‘.
18-10-2018, 08:17 PM
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I had to glance through each post to make certain, that the expression I dislike the most was not already posted here.Happy to say it wasn't so here it is: "I'm telling it like it is." Telling it like it is, is merely voicing your own opinion, no more, no less...
I just thought of an other one...some people whom shall remain nameless (my b-I-l)...end a sentence with info in, by saying "Do you understand." I often feel like saying "No, I'm too freakin' stupid, please enlighten me."
Rant over!
18-10-2018, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Primus1
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Another one, when you get to the till in some stores they ask if you’ve “ found everything you were looking for “, er,, no that’s why I’m at the till paying for the stuff in my basket..
"Would you like some help with your packing?"
I've only bought a newspaper.
Why don't they look? And do I look like a one-armed, dopey Neanderthal who can't open a carrier bag??!!
18-10-2018, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by d00d
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Top of the list: As an opener, out of the blue, "how are you today?" I hate it because it's a question and questions require answers. "Who wants to know?" is my favourite reply
really throws them.
When a company says "We take your complaints/safety/satisfaction very seriously" usually means they are not going to do anything about your complaint/safety/satisfaction.....
News correspondents at the scene who start their summary with "Well"...
18-10-2018, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by tarantula
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I had not come across that word before, and had t look it up.'At the end of the day', is an irritating phrase.
18-10-2018, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by John
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"Ticks all the boxes" Used extensively by dumb people on house search programmes, who think they are being clever!
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