We are regressing

[RichardB]

I've just ordered a case of wine for Christmas and received this in an email to tell me it had been delivered.

Seriously what adult writes to another adult (and a paying customer) with 'Woohoo'? Who with an ounce of self-respect and professional pride refers to himself as a 'Wine Guy'?

When did we, as a nation, regress to the sophistication levels of a 13-year-old American boy? Just be a professional wine merchant, sell me some wine, and don't try to be my annoying teenage mate.

Thank you.

 

[All uphill]

I'm so pleased I'm not the only person annoyed by this kind of stuff.

Until now I just thought it was just me being old and grumpy, but maybe it's them being kidults.

I think the scientific term is delayed ontogeny.

 

[ColinJ]

Giffgaff is obviously not providing your mobile phone service...


(They do a lot of that kind of thing!)

 

[RichardB]

I blame Innocent smoothies - the packaging that wants to be your friend, that speaks to you on what it assumes is your level. Actually, I quite liked the Innocent stuff because it was fun, but now everyone is doing it, it's just tedious.

 

[fossyant]

If you pass me your wine, I may go wahoo !

 

[Andy in Germany]

I'd tell you to stop wining but that would be a terrible pun, and further evidence of our regression.

 

[Randomnerd]

Cracking thread, Richy, mate.
Nice one!
Props that you, like, bought wine.
Enjoy!

 

[Archie_tect]

Even my six-year-old inner me would never say WooHoo!

 

[nickyboy]

I've just ordered a case of wine for Christmas and received this in an email to tell me it had been delivered.

Seriously what adult writes to another adult (and a paying customer) with 'Woohoo'? Who with an ounce of self-respect and professional pride refers to himself as a 'Wine Guy'?

When did we, as a nation, regress to the sophistication levels of a 13-year-old American boy? Just be a professional wine merchant, sell me some wine, and don't try to be my annoying teenage mate.

Thank you.

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You're not their target demographic

That tone of email works fine with young people and they buy lots of stuff from other companies who also adopt, successfully, this style of communication

 

[Globalti]

I had a conversation once with a bloke in a call centre and he kept calling me Mate. At the end of the call I told him I was sure he was a lovely bloke but Mate wasn't appropriate for a customer. Grrrr!

 

[yo vanilla]

Curious though, 13 year old Brits don't say woohoo?

 

[MntnMan62]

I agree. The maturity level of people in general has dropped significantly. Just look at the bozo in the White House. What you should to is respond to the survey, give them a negative review so you can provide customized commentary and blast them for their childish idiocy. That's what I would do. But that probably also indicates my own juvenile level of maturity.

 

[ColinJ]

I had a young 'chugger' knock on my door to try to get me to sign up to some charity or other. I explained that I give to charities of my choice when I can afford to, but I do it directly rather than through people at the door.

She persisted for a while but eventually gave up.

Just before she went she waved her hand up in the air at me and I wondered what the hell she was doing... She did it a couple of times, and looked flustered ... "High Five?", she enquired plaintively. I told her not to be silly, and she actually looked hurt. I said that I was sorry, but being old enough to be her grandfather, it wasn't the kind of thing that I did. She asked why not - she often high-fived her own grandfather!

I thought it would be cruel to tell her that he probably thought it as ludicrous as I did...

 

[Dayvo]

Curious though, 13 year old Brits don't say woohoo?

Isn’t that the sound toddlers make when they’re playing trains?

Or just middle-aged Americans?

 

[ColinJ]

I heard my mid-20s nephew chatting to a mate on the phone... "Yeah, man - I LOVED that scene!"

Totally ridiculous - I would never talk like that...






Well, I haven't talked like that since... I was in my 20s!