Don't 'buddy' me, buddy!

[ianrauk]

Don't mind being called Buddy myself. In fact I use it too. I use 'mate' all the time as people who I ride with on this forum know.
It's funny the little trivial things that get peoples back up. I also can't abide people saying 'Can I get?'

 

[Fnaar]

There's a barmaid I quite fancy who always calls me (and probably everyone else) "darling". It always makes me go a little gooey

 

[John the Monkey]

It's "Me duck" in Stoke.

 

[swee'pea99]

The answer to"Have a great day" is,I gather,"Thank You,but I have other plans".For some reason,I think that ought to be attributed to Michael Bentine,but it may well have been Alan Coren.

Colleague of mine, in America with his elderly mum, girl at a supermarket checkout says to his mum 'have a nice day.' She, a bit hard of hearing: 'sorry my dear?', to which the girl snarled back 'I said have a nice day, are you deaf?'

 

[John the Monkey]

The minute I "duded" I knew some smart buddy would pull a Lebowsky on me.

I hope someone calls you madam.*

No need for that, I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in, after all.

 

[dan_bo]

Don't mind being called Buddy myself. In fact I use it too. I use 'mate' all the time as people who I ride with on this forum know.
It's funny the little trivial things that get peoples back up. I also can't abide people saying 'Can I get?'

I'm a big dude user. Feck 'can i get...' makes me respond. Negatively.

 

[perplexed]

[QUOTE 4312816, member: 259"]You used to get women students in Sheff getting really pissed off about being called 'love' and then gradually realising it was applied to all sexes and stopping worrying about it.[/QUOTE]

'Flower' used to be another common one in Sheffield too...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Some of the younger bar staff hereabouts have taken to calling me 'buddy'. 'Alright, buddy?' 'What can I get you buddy?' No! No, no, no! I am not your buddy. I am not, for that matter, anyone's 'buddy'. Please, desist. Do not address me thus.

To be fair, I find 'mate' almost as annoying, and I also dislike 'sir'. In fact I can't think of any term they could use that wouldn't annoy me at least a bit. Totally unreasonable. But 'buddy' is the worst. 'Buddy' really gets on my tit. I don't know why, but there it is.

(Funnily enough, if an Aussie calls me 'mate', it doesn't bother me at all. No idea why. I guess I'm just too old for logic...)

Agreed. I find an old-fashioned 'Sir' just fine.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

Even worse are customers who then say "Can I get <insert item name".

I also can't abide people saying 'Can I get?'

Yeah, makes me think: "Sorry ARE YOU AMERICAN? ARE WE IN AMERICA? Really annoying.

 

[coco69]

Some of the younger bar staff hereabouts have taken to calling me 'buddy'. 'Alright, buddy?' 'What can I get you buddy?' No! No, no, no! I am not your buddy. I am not, for that matter, anyone's 'buddy'. Please, desist. Do not address me thus.

To be fair, I find 'mate' almost as annoying, and I also dislike 'sir'. In fact I can't think of any term they could use that wouldn't annoy me at least a bit. Totally unreasonable. But 'buddy' is the worst. 'Buddy' really gets on my tit. I don't know why, but there it is.

(Funnily enough, if an Aussie calls me 'mate', it doesn't bother me at all. No idea why. I guess I'm just too old for logic...)

I really am losing the will to live

 

[coco69]

My chat up line ' do you fancy a pizza and a f..k' really isnt worth posting.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

I really am loosing the will to live

NO! You are losing the will to live. It's losing.

 

[ianrauk]

Yeah, makes me think: "Sorry ARE YOU AMERICAN? ARE WE IN AMERICA? Really annoying.

I don't mind Americanism's at all, but this one just doesn't work on any level.

On another note, why the pink font? it's hard to see on my tablet.

 

[wheresthetorch]

Yeah, makes me think: "Sorry ARE YOU AMERICAN? ARE WE IN AMERICA? Really annoying.

Even worse is "can I grab?". No you effing well can't!!

 

[coco69]

NO! You are losing the will to live. It's losing.

Lol...see what i mean