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mostlygray posted:Agreed when it's an affectation that is done on purpose. The thing is though, if you do watch a lot of UK tv, it just kind of happens and you don't realize it. I curse all day in everything from TJ slang to Serbo-Croation to Cantonese. When you work around people from other cultures, it changes your speech. TV does the same. But who is going to admit "Oh, yeah, I'm just doing it to sound cool"? They're ALL going to say "Oh, I guess I just have an ear for languages, I can't help that I picked up a bad Australian accent after my week long vacation!"
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Murphy Brownback posted:I can get being really focused on something, but you can't pretend you don't hear me. Just give some signal that you know I'm trying to talk to you, hold a finger up, something. Pretending like you actually do not hear me is just silly and annoying. 90% of the time if the situation were reversed you'd get your rear end reamed about it. Gonna play devil's advocate for this, because I've seen some folks get REALLY upset if they're not treated like the most urgent, important thing right at that very moment. As in, rude people who think their problem/question is the most pressing thing ever, and whomever they're talking to needs to STOP what they're doing and FIX their issue NOW and HOW DARE THEY put up a finger or tell someone to WAIT  I've had guys in sales hover over my shoulder at work because one of their monitors stopped working and they don't understand that, no, I'm not pulling myself away from a critical problem with a client because they can't be bothered to wait or ask someone else for help. Cool, let me come into your office and hover over your shoulder bitching about how much you're charging our clients for services and how it's too much and you don't need to make THAT much for profit margin oh by the way <order> needs to be processed RIGHT loving NOW because <client> can't wait and NO EXCUSES JUST loving DO IT goddamn why are you making this so DIFFICULT?
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May 6, 2016 19:48
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El Cid posted:But who is going to admit "Oh, yeah, I'm just doing it to sound cool"? They're ALL going to say "Oh, I guess I just have an ear for languages, I can't help that I picked up a bad Australian accent after my week long vacation!" Yeah but it does actually happen and you can tell when someone is putting it on as an affectation because they like to draw attention to it and make sure you notice how worldly and cultured they are, whereas people who are actually multilingual just roll with it. Learning multiple languages changes the way you think, and if you immerse yourself in anything long enough certain things just rub off on you.
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May 6, 2016 21:58
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I really only see it on social media, mostly from one annoying dude who watches too much Sherlock.
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May 6, 2016 22:02
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I'll curse with "bloody hell" at work to stop myself from blurting something far worse.
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May 7, 2016 00:22
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Davros1 posted:I'll curse with "bloody hell" at work to stop myself from blurting something far worse. Only sort of related, but I got into a bad habit of saying things like "darn it", "oopsie doodle" and other mince words. I can't help myself and I hate it, and it's so embarrassing to slip on a patch of ice and yell "oopie-doop" really loud rather than something normal, like "poo poo".
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May 7, 2016 03:26
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Even if it's a really obvious, simple question, I hate it when the answer is a variation of "first answer on Google/let me Google that for you". You're not obliged to answer someone's stupid/idle/simple enquiry on a forum, so why act as if your time is being wasted in such a manner?
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May 7, 2016 03:43
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I have an irrational dislike of the phrase I've never been when you've never been somewhere. The phrase is "I've never been there", goddammit, and I'd genuinely love to know where not using the last word comes from.
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May 7, 2016 04:25
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cash crab posted:Only sort of related, but I got into a bad habit of saying things like "darn it", "oopsie doodle" and other mince words. I can't help myself and I hate it, and it's so embarrassing to slip on a patch of ice and yell "oopie-doop" really loud rather than something normal, like "poo poo". I do this with "gosh dangit". I always feel like an idiot when it comes out but I can't stop. Also yes, it should be "I've never been there" MisterBibs. I think the removal of "there" is just another britishism thing, especially if they pronounce been like "bean". They probably heard someone say it in their british show of choice and thought it sounded sophisticated and started doing it too.
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May 7, 2016 05:39
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I'm not American but I used to say "bean" until someone sort of bullied me out of it. I still drop my h's, but also my g's which makes me a good fit for an Irish bar in Canada, as the locals and the tourists love it and can't tell the difference. Peeve: That obligation to add aged relatives to Facebook which means you have to watch eight year-old videos once again because they posted it to your wall. Haha, yeah. Thanks. I "like" this,
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May 7, 2016 05:47
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cash crab posted:I'm not American but I used to say "bean" until someone sort of bullied me out of it. I still drop my h's, but also my g's which makes me a good fit for an Irish bar in Canada, as the locals and the tourists love it and can't tell the difference. I'd rather have old videos than the 5-10 Trump memes/"can we get 1000 Likes for this boy he get cancer So Sad. Amen." things my dad posts on mine every single day. I had to set my wall as visible to only me because he'll flip out if I tell him to stop and I don't want people to think I'm associated with any of that.
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May 7, 2016 05:51
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cash crab posted:Only sort of related, but I got into a bad habit of saying things like "darn it", "oopsie doodle" and other mince words. I can't help myself and I hate it, and it's so embarrassing to slip on a patch of ice and yell "oopie-doop" really loud rather than something normal, like "poo poo". My roommates are very religious and one of them says things like "drat," "gosh" or even "golly" (he's in his early 30s). Lately though I've heard him say "poo poo" a few times and even let out a couple of "gently caress"s without batting an eye. I think I'm a corrupting influence.
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May 7, 2016 05:56
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cash crab posted:Only sort of related, but I got into a bad habit of saying things like "darn it", "oopsie doodle" and other mince words. I can't help myself and I hate it, and it's so embarrassing to slip on a patch of ice and yell "oopie-doop" really loud rather than something normal, like "poo poo". Also, sometimes I turn into an old-timey prospector and say things like "consarn it". Or just say "Curses!"
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May 7, 2016 13:02
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Murphy Brownback posted:I can get being really focused on something, but you can't pretend you don't hear me. Just give some signal that you know I'm trying to talk to you, hold a finger up, something. Pretending like you actually do not hear me is just silly and annoying. 90% of the time if the situation were reversed you'd get your rear end reamed about it. My point is that maybe she doesn't actually hear you. In my own case people have finally gotten my attention and said, "Didn't you hear me talking to you just now?" and no, no I really didn't.  But if you know for sure she can hear you and she's just blowing you off that is pretty lovely. My current peeve is that my dog likes to chew on my hands. If I hide my hands he digs for them, if I pull them away he lunges for them, if I tell him no he barks at me and gets even more frantic about going after them. He used to only do it occasionally but now he's obsessed with chewing on my loving hands and he won't stop arraghghg stop chewing on my hands stop chewing on my hands bad dog
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May 7, 2016 20:40
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I am working as a hostess, behind a big host stand, next to a sign that says "the hostess will be happy to seat you", and yet people still go out of their way to sneak past me, hide in a booth and then yell at the server for not seeing them.
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May 8, 2016 05:12
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MisterBibs posted:I have an irrational dislike of the phrase I've never been when you've never been somewhere. I don't get it. It doesn't seem abnormal - or even wrong - to leave off the last word. It's like if someone says "Do you drink alcohol" and then you say "No, I don't drink" or any other situation where you can optionally leave off the object of a verb. While there are some situations where it can sound weird (for example someone saying "I've never watched" in response to someone asking if they've watched a movie), that obviously isn't an issue if a bunch of people are already speaking that way.
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May 8, 2016 06:51
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Ytlaya posted:While there are some situations where it can sound weird (for example someone saying "I've never watched" in response to someone asking if they've watched a movie), that obviously isn't an issue if a bunch of people are already speaking that way. If a bunch of people started saying "I've never watched", it'd just be as weird as "I've never been". 
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May 8, 2016 07:57
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Another similar thing is "come with", like "hey can I come with?" when you're going somewhere. It just doesn't sound like a complete sentence even though it's obvious what they mean. It's kind of a silly thing to be annoyed by but so is pretty much everything else posted in here.
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May 8, 2016 09:38
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Thin Privilege posted:when you watch Jeremy Kyle constantly Why do this to yourself? It's pretty close to self harming.
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May 8, 2016 20:52
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People referring to their pets as their children. I've seen so many posts by young, childless people today including themselves in Mother's Day celebrations because of their dog or cat. Doesn't help that my mom refers to my sister's dog as her granddog.
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May 8, 2016 23:54
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MisterBibs posted:If a bunch of people started saying "I've never watched", it'd just be as weird as "I've never been". Actually, after thinking about this for a bit I think you might have a point. The example I gave ("No, I don't drink" in response to "Do you drink alcohol") isn't that good because "drinking" is also used to refer specifically to the act of drinking alcohol, so an object isn't necessary. While it's still not grammatically wrong, it does seem to sound awkward in most situations to leave off the object, even if it's heavily implied. That being said, because it's not actually wrong it doesn't bother me much if it starts to catch on and become more popular.
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Also if you answer with "I don't drink... wine" people will just think you're into vampires.
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Something that's gotten increasingly common, I've noticed, is people making video tutorials instead of a simple list of instructions. I don't care to watch a 12 minute video going over the little minutia of setting up a terminal command so I can run a python debugger, I just want to skim the instructions and quickly get back to work.
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cash crab posted:I am working as a hostess, behind a big host stand, next to a sign that says "the hostess will be happy to seat you", and yet people still go out of their way to sneak past me, hide in a booth and then yell at the server for not seeing them. God, the outside entrance to our patio was the bane of my existence as a hostess. We had huge signs on it saying "Go Inside To Be Seated" and yet still people would still enter the patio during the full lunch rush, help themselves to an unbussed table, and ask me when I got there (we were also the bussers, yay) for menus and drinks. No, assholes, another family has been waiting for this table for 20 minutes. Go get in line. (... is what I didn't say, because unless there was no other option we had to just let them know the rules "for next time".) The second bane of my existence was the phrase "Ooh, can we have a booth by the window?" usually followed by "Like that one right there?" when I was trying desperately to seat people in literally any other place, because we had exactly three "booths by the window", and exactly two servers who had them each night, meaning those two were constantly rushing and everyone else was missing out on tables/tips and basically no one ever smiled at me.
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May 9, 2016 15:34
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The fact that certain customers seem to think insurance companies are inherently evil and we get our paychecks by refusing to compensate their damages. Also those who literally think we are a bank.
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May 9, 2016 15:46
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WaltherFeng posted:The fact that certain customers seem to think insurance companies are inherently evil and we get our paychecks by refusing to compensate their damages. Do you work for an American insurance company, out of curiosity?
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May 9, 2016 16:13
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Parasol Prophet posted:The second bane of my existence was the phrase "Ooh, can we have a booth by the window?" usually followed by "Like that one right there?" when I was trying desperately to seat people in literally any other place, because we had exactly three "booths by the window", and exactly two servers who had them each night, meaning those two were constantly rushing and everyone else was missing out on tables/tips and basically no one ever smiled at me. WaltherFeng posted:The fact that certain customers seem to think insurance companies are inherently evil
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May 9, 2016 16:16
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Henchman of Santa posted:People referring to their pets as their children. I've seen so many posts by young, childless people today including themselves in Mother's Day celebrations because of their dog or cat. This drives me nuts, too. I love animals, but i don't have children because, guess what? I don't want them! I can't leave a baby alone for a day while I go skydive, or hire someone to come feed my baby for an hour a day while I go on vacation. I do consider my pets family, but they're not children. My mom insisted that I was "like a mom" because I have a cat. No, mom, when I squeeze out or adopt a squalling child, then I will be a parent. Right now, I am a single, childfree woman who happens to have a cat. Between the "my mom is the best mom" posts and the "happy mothers day to all the fur moms out there," Facebook was insufferable yesterday. Unrelated peeve: while we've gone over catcallers at length, this really isn't about this but rather the mansplaining behind it. Since I run a lot in a downtown area, I get catcalled a lot. Most of them are easily ignored: honks, "drat"s, and "hey baby where you goin"s. But a few are either really creative, really gross, or really scary, and I sometimes post them (and my reaction) on Facebook. Most comments are of the "I'm sorry you have to deal with that" and the "wow, that's awful" type. But yesterday I got a lecture on how I should move to his town (some 90 minutes away) because he and his dog never get catcalled. I mentioned offhand that I've lived several different places and that this is not a new phenomenon.* He then messaged me to explain that if I really wanted him to, he would come and run with me with his shotgun (eyeroll). First off, I run 50-60 miles a week, and there's no way this little turd can keep up. Second, I have my own piece and could carry it if I want to, but I don't think getting in a gunfight over some catcalls is the wisest decision. Third, this bald little short guy who looks like a munchkin from Wizard of Oz trying to run 22 miles with a shotgun in his hands is the funniest mental picture I've had in a long time. I didn't respond to his message, so today he messages me: "you know I was trying to compliment you, right?" I really want to say, "I'm pretty sure those catcallers think they're trying to compliment me, too, and we know how I feel about them." *In the interest of fairness, what I actually said was "lol if you think men are any different anywhere else."
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Parasol Prophet posted:God, the outside entrance to our patio was the bane of my existence as a hostess. We had huge signs on it saying "Go Inside To Be Seated" and yet still people would still enter the patio during the full lunch rush, help themselves to an unbussed table, and ask me when I got there (we were also the bussers, yay) for menus and drinks. I get that people don't necessarily understand how seating works but some people really seem like they're entirely new to dining. We're a steakhouse in the middle of the theatre district, so if you come in on a Saturday night and there are six of you, I can't help you! I know that booth is open, someone reserved it! At the risk of opening a can of worms here, people who vape in bars or on the train are assholes. I get that its legally permissible, but that doesn't mean that you aren't being an inconsiderate dickhead.
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Between the "my mom is the best mom" posts and the "happy mothers day to all the fur moms out there," Facebook was insufferable yesterday. I try not to be all MY PARENTS ARE DEEEEEAAAAAADDDDDDDD (Batman-leap through the window) but, well, my parents have been dead for more than a decade, I don't really think about either Mothers Day or Fathers Day that much at the moment, and there's no un-awkward way to bring this up when strangers/acquaintances are all SO DID YOU CALL YOUR MOM YET TODAY? Like I could just mutter something about how my mother died thirteen years ago and make someone who, one presumes, means well feel like poo poo about something that I came to terms with, well, somewhat less than thirteen years ago. Or I could just lie about it which is no fun. Or I could dress up like a bat and fight crime, I suppose.
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May 9, 2016 18:41
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Tiggum posted:Well, that's clearly a problem with the way it was set up and run. If you know those three tables are going to be in the highest demand, you need to account for that. Oh, definitely. They did sometimes break up the booths into three sections to mitigate the server problem, but when there's only three tables everyone wants in the whole place (the only ones with a full view of the water) there's only so much you can do. Basically I grew to dread the phrase because it signaled a potential hassle, not because I thought it was the customer's fault. But gently caress everyone who threw a fit insisting we put a high chair in the aisle at the end of a booth even though we told them it's both a fire hazard and a somebody-tripping-and-knocking-over-your-baby hazard.
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May 9, 2016 19:14
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WaltherFeng posted:The fact that certain customers seem to think insurance companies are inherently evil and we get our paychecks by refusing to compensate their damages. You must either be delusional or not work for vehicle/homeowner's insurance whatsoever, because both are absolute scum and the very definition of "inherently evil". Sure you don't get your checks by being a pain in the rear end, but people will see you as guilty by association for being employed by said company and not helping (even if you can't do anything to help).
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I shudder to think what sort of problems you've gotten into (or what lovely insurance you have) that lead to lovely situations that promote a "insurance companies are pure evil" mentality. Out of everyone involved in my car(s) getting smashed to poo poo, the insurance company was the smoothest part of it.
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WaltherFeng posted:The fact that certain customers seem to think insurance companies are inherently evil and we get our paychecks by refusing to compensate their damages. An old lady backed into my parent's backyard fence and took out a section of it. Their home insurance only paid $400 of the $850 repair bill because they make their payouts based on the "average cost" of a similar repair. Get hosed.
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MisterBibs posted:I shudder to think what sort of problems you've gotten into (or what lovely insurance you have) that lead to lovely situations that promote a "insurance companies are pure evil" mentality. Out of everyone involved in my car(s) getting smashed to poo poo, the insurance company was the smoothest part of it. Insurance companies are evil.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Insurance companies are evil. Insurance companies provide a good and proper service whose customers are in a pissy mood when having to deal with them. Anyone who works with people like that (especially with an 'your job is inherently evil' delusion going on) deserve medals. Closest I ever got to that, luckily, was working as a food server at a kitchen. One of the first things you learn is that you're not dealing with people in their best moments.
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Peeve: someone asks you for a favor and you turn them down for a logical reason (you have to work, the notice is too short, thing is too expensive, etc) and then you feel like crap after because maybe you could have helped but you already said no. Tell me I'm not the only person who does this.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Peeve: someone asks you for a favor and you turn them down for a logical reason (you have to work, the notice is too short, thing is too expensive, etc) and then you feel like crap after because maybe you could have helped but you already said no. Would they do the same favor for you? Probably not. gently caress 'em.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Peeve: someone asks you for a favor and you turn them down for a logical reason (you have to work, the notice is too short, thing is too expensive, etc) and then you feel like crap after because maybe you could have helped but you already said no. What up, random guilt buddy? There are days where I feel like an angrier version of Ronnie from Whomp! comics.
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MisterBibs posted:Insurance companies provide a good and proper service whose customers are in a pissy mood when having to deal with them. Anyone who works with people like that (especially with an 'your job is inherently evil' delusion going on) deserve medals. Insurance companies are evil. The people working for them are usually not, but the companies are. As far as they're concerned, you're a big dollar sign with a betting odd attached.
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