Don't 'buddy' me, buddy!

[GrumpyGregry]

Guv or Guv'na seem to be falling out of use

Buddy is the norm in my local at home, it grates but not as much as the lousy service.

 

[AndyRM]

I'm not your buddy, guy.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Alright me old mucka...i fooking hate that..followed by Pal..
and a stranger calling you by your Christian name when you answer the phone..in the life long friend way..
apparently it puts you at ease so they can improve the chance of selling you whatever..
they just get a Have we met? Who are you brrrrrrrrrrr

 

[John the Monkey]

Duuuuuuuuuude!

 

[ianrauk]

Sorry. It's complicated.

It's not really complicated at all. The forums default font is black. The pink you are using makes this hard to read.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Moaning people annoy me

People moaning about moaning people annoy me,

 

[Milkfloat]

There's a setting which sorts that out ao I no longer see that

You mean the 'ignore' functionality?

 

[screenman]

annoy me,

Alright Mucker.

 

[Globalti]

Sombody at a call centre called me "mate" several times and I got increasingly narked by it. Just as we ended the conversation (which didn't go well for him anyway) I couldn't help myself from telling him that I wasn't his mate and over-familiarity wouldn't help his cause.

The best waiters and hotel staff are the ones who can judge their customers and know where to draw the line between familiarity and formality. With maturity and self-confidence you can be relaxed with customers without being familiar; I cringe when I hear my sales colleagues calling customers "you guys". Ugh.

 

[rikki]

Don't Bro me
You don't know me.

 

[Spinney]

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

Does Miss Goodbody know ???

 

[stephec]

Just chill your beans our kidder.

 

[ianrauk]

Innit Bruv

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Bunch of po-faced nobbers.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

It's not really complicated at all. The forums default font is black. The pink you are using makes this hard to read.

For you, but not for everybody. And its not pink, which suggests that your screen is out of calibration; maybe this is your real problem?