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Things you hate people saying

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Bucket list, I detest that phrase ... What a nonsense, take a selfie and tick it off the list



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭spakman


    Not sure if already said (not reading 26 pages to find out!):

    "What's for you won't pass you"

    Does people genuinely believe that shite? It really annoys me yhe way people say it like it's an explanation for something.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,198 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    I'll say a prayer for you.

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,299 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    ”do you work here ?” This bugged me so much.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Shop assistant: That's €10 "when you're ready" 😠

    Get lost, you can see I'm ready!

    TV host: Joining me today "In Studio" is ...

    Wrecks my flecking brain every time they say it, like we can see your guest is in the Studio, totally needless utterance.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭Chocolatier


    'Proud sponsors of' - drop the self-congratulation and say 'sponsors of'

    'Lived experience' - what other kind is there?

    'Best' - signing off an email

    'Smallies' - referring to children

    'Super' - as a pre-fix

    Overuse of 'excited' particularly in work context - ya big lick

    'Moving the dial' - groan



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    What's "flecking" in this context?

    Marked with, or flecked with?

    Your brain is with colour specks or contrast oddities? Imperfect?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭spakman


    shop assistant is just being polite. I assume they say that so as not to make the customer feel under pressure if they're trying to pack bags, deal with kids etc



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    No, not buying that theory, as you can be holding your credit card ready to tap, and they say it anyway - so it's purely a silly habit that's sprung-up in recent years along with "Have a nice day" which is equally insincere, specially when it's said at 7pm!


    Pleasentries and politeness are of course welcome, it's just the "Auto" response that kills me .... Have a nice day 🤮



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭gameoverdude


    You want them to ask your life story and have a meaningful and deep conversation when your buying a spicy curry and bog roll?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    No idea what you mean,

    Life story?

    Do the shopping, go to the till and pay, be polite possibly manage a smile, say thank you and you're off .....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭spakman


    yeah they should be more genuine and say "Jaysis, you look like a grumpy fecker"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,169 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    "You're grand" is one that annoys me. I'm "grand"? Really? How do you know that? What if I'm not "grand"? Are you trying to shut me up?

    I even get it in my job (IT) when I'm trying to explain something to someone. Never mind me: you're not "grand", that's why I have to explain this thing to you! 🤨

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭Loyal Lady


    “Mind yourself”



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭crustyjuggler


    Big difference



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭blackvalley


    So someone is trying to put you at ease by saying “ you’re grand “ and you take it as a personal insult. Holy divine fkuc there are some very touchy people out there.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭mode1990


    "LIKE" , jaysus that word is just too often used in the wrong context ! Just saying LIKE !



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,251 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    When did Prefix get a hyphen? Must be a new thing.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭mode1990


    Around the same time as synergy !



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,061 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    The “ 12.50 when you’re ready “ thing is a hate. It’s almost saying “ well I’m ready, can you be too, there are 8 people in the Q, give us the money come on ! “

    ” I was ready 3 minutes ago but as you only bothered your hole to have one till open cause you are tight cûnts, here ya go “..

    ” 12.50 thanks “ or “ that’s 12.50 please “….. civil, professional courteous…



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭BagofWeed


    Carbon footprint



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ottolwinner


    “Reaching out to my followers”

    ”fan base”

    Alright cult leaders want their phrases back.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭electricus


    The use of ‘dropped’ to mean arrived or launched.

    When I hear that a new TV series has ‘dropped,’ my first thought is that it has been cancelled and won’t be back for a new season. 😡



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Here here & well said, it irritates me too!

    Dropped me arse, everybody is now saying dropped, a bit like my reference to "When you're ready", or "Have a nice day". These sayings are parrot like, people hear them & repeat them without any thought.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,573 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Lads wishing you the best of luck when you're playing them in a golf or football match or any sport. No way do they mean it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭shortlegs


    Paying for something like a coffee in a service station, and to be asked “any fuel “ only to hear a recording ask if you have got”any petrol or diesel.” every singe time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,251 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    It's a contronym, so there is room for confusion. But if you are aware of the two opposite meanings, your first thought should lead you to the right conclusion by recognising the context.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,251 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    "When you're ready" or "In your own time" is useful for people serving the public. In circumstances where the customer is concentrating on a phone call or texting. Both parties need to pay attention to the transaction to avoid mistakes.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭Loyal Lady


    “Can I just tell you …”

    and it’s not a question



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    I said it before, so I'm there at the Checkout, card hovering over the pinpad, she's looking up and says When you're ready! (Parrot style). Obviously if you're on the phone, texting or chatting it's fine to be reminded to hurry up, but that's not what I was talking about ....



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