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Unsavoury accents in business. Offputting?

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    #62
    Cody Pomeray
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    Larianne wrote: »
    There is a neurosurgeon who works in a Dublin hospital with a dublin accent. Granted it is not as strong as Damo's but it's not a fake Trinity/West-brit accent by any means.

    I would actully feel safer with someone with an accent like that. You'd know they worked bloody hard for their career and was in it for more than just the social status.

    Just remembered, I do know a registrar with a thick Dublin accent. He grew up in Tallaght actually. :)

    I'm biased though as my dad is from inner city Dublin and my mother is from a posh Dublin suburb. Their accents are at opposite ends.

    OP sounds like he just got bad customer service. Nothing to do with the accent.

    Same in the law; a few years ago SCs without South Dublin accents, Northern Ireland accents (just because they never give in) or even downright British accents, would be very unusual. Now you;re starting to see JCs with pretty strong urban Dublin and regional accents in the courts, definitely a welcome change.


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    #63
    Fuhrer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭Fuhrer


    Having worked around a few different countries, the cork accent is almost universally despised


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    #64
    Handsome Bob
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    Lando strikes again with the oul snobbery.


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    #65
    KERSPLAT!
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    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    Nope, it was actually the badly dressed man with the knackerish Limerick accent using poor customer service to try to persuade my Husband to buy overpriced crap that was the issue. I should have been clearer:P

    And I'm a snob

    Yep.

    If he had a D4 or neutral accent would you have stayed and bought a suit?


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    #66
    Pumpkinseeds
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    Princess Petulia Pissy Pants wrote: »
    Yep.

    If he had a D4 or neutral accent would you have stayed and bought a suit?
    I would have stayed and bought a suit if he'd had a more professional attitude and a decent range of stock. I worked in retail for years and I know bad service when I see it. Bad service does seem worse when it's pronounced with certain accents. It's also a bit of petty fun to take the mick out of accents from time to time.

    Good customer service is whats important, nothing else, I'm just indulging in a bit of harmless snobbery.


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    #67
    looking_around
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    It wouldn't put me off buying at all. But I do know, on the phone certain accents are hard to understand..which does make me want to hang up and say text XD.
    Though generally just ask them to slow down.


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