i call a friend and also former boss (principal and founder) and also spanish fluent "jefe" not infrequently. it is in jest and respect all at the same time. no beatdowns on me yet.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:44 (seven months ago) link
nooo Hunt3r not “bad boy” as a person bad boy as a noun in the way karl saysthe worstbut in terms of what you might call someone “big man” is what i find really objectionable, except if you’re scottish or irish for some reason, then it’s okay
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:08 (seven months ago) link
'dirty birdie'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:10 (seven months ago) link
I like “boss”. Realllllly hate “chief” tho
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:14 (seven months ago) link
Anyone object to saying “don’t forget to shake that bad boy off” to the fellow at the urinal next to you?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:19 (seven months ago) link
lmao
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:55 (seven months ago) link
I blame Jamie Oliver for ‘bad boy’.
― steely flan (suzy), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 23:08 (seven months ago) link
I'd bet Tim Allen on "Home Improvement" is as much to blame for "bad boy" as anyone.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 06:13 (seven months ago) link
guy at my local butchers still uses guvnor, squire etc.
― fetter, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 08:37 (seven months ago) link
I said no worries so many times last night at work and felt no remorse
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:21 (seven months ago) link
“No remorse”
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:41 (seven months ago) link
surely you meant "sorry not sorry"
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:42 (seven months ago) link
Could be worse, could be "no sweat".
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:51 (seven months ago) link
"no static at all"
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:58 (seven months ago) link
"No Reply At All"
#onethread
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:03 (seven months ago) link
Thread has got to almost 10k replies without mention of "tickety-boo", well done all
― rock will eat itself (Matt #2), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:04 (seven months ago) link
"Bad boy" needs to be part of a chain, "Annoying person + annoying phrase". Just the phrase or the person on their own doesn't have the same effect.
I am training as a counsellor, and I dislike many counsellor stock phrases like "What I'm hearing is..." at the start of a sentence, ugh
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:05 (seven months ago) link
have you tried telling them no worries
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:24 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UhS8kkcTnM
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 16:27 (seven months ago) link
"what it is, is" is bad
in my call centre days i couldnt believe how common an intro into a spiel this was, whether the tale of woe or hope related to delayed bicycle deliveries or purchasing granny a commemorative ken barlow death china set
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:26 (seven months ago) link
I like "no sweat."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:27 (seven months ago) link
Somebody I work with cannot go two minutes without saying "well, it is what it is," and he's never wrong, it always is what it always is
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:32 (seven months ago) link
"what it is, is" is badin my call centre days i couldnt believe how common an intro into a spiel this was, whether the tale of woe or hope related to delayed bicycle deliveries or purchasing granny a commemorative ken barlow death china set
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:35 (seven months ago) link
"Nobody asked for this"
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:43 (seven months ago) link
“please understand that…”y’all just hate bad news
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:23 (seven months ago) link
lookit bossmate what it is what it is is
― nashwan, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:27 (seven months ago) link
now we're cookin
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:29 (seven months ago) link
lookit is the full stop at the beginning of a sentence
"I said no worries so many times last night at work and felt no remorse"you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short(n.b. "furries" pronounced like "furrow")
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:35 (seven months ago) link
My wife says when I start a sentence with "Listen," she knows bad news is coming.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 21:41 (seven months ago) link
i'm also a "no sweat" guy idc who knows it
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 22:11 (seven months ago) link
This is a pretty random reference but “Lookit” reminds me of Jennilee Harrison on Dallas cuz she often said it and it sounded cute coming out of her mouth… I think the implication in that case was that her character was from a humble background (though technically heir to part of the Ewing estate) and was a straight shooter.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 22:11 (seven months ago) link
i prefer "no worries" to "no sweat" because i prefer people not to be thinking about my sweat at work and these stock phrases come up at work, both jobs in fact
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 22:15 (seven months ago) link
I said that I prefer “no worry “to “no worries“ because I can only address one phobia at a moment, nor should I have to worry about all of the dimensions of your neurotic ass. I got my own neurotic ass to worry about.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:58 (seven months ago) link
you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short
or as I sometimes like to say it, "no wux"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 15 February 2024 04:30 (seven months ago) link
"Talk to me about..." When did interviewers start using this construction? I don't mind it as such but it's absolutely rife now.
Q: "Talk to me about..."A: "So..."
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 February 2024 07:56 (seven months ago) link
"No stress" is my go to. It pretty directly refers to my current state rather than the vague "no worries". Who isn't meant to worry, you, me, both of us?
― H.P, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:55 (seven months ago) link
let’s all just go back to no problem. we don’t have to bring our feelings into this. the problem, there is none
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:54 (seven months ago) link
Personally I don't have a problem with "no problem."
There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.
My go-to phrases tend to be more obsequious things like "happy to help" and "glad to be of service," "glad to help," which have the advantage of being true. I actually do like being useful. Which I guess could be interpreted as me being a tool of capitalism and/or the patriarchy. But I am too old to be reformed. Probably I should have been canceled long ago.
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:18 (seven months ago) link
The only time 'no worries' annoys me is when the shop assistant is trying to upsell me something. 'Do you want to pay a monthly charge for this other thing you didn't ask for?' 'No...' 'No worries!'
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:29 (seven months ago) link
but fuck these people?
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:32 (seven months ago) link
Well, yeah.
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:32 (seven months ago) link
… pic.twitter.com/WdIa39pPmB— Tom J Newell (@tomjnewell) July 11, 2023
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:47 (seven months ago) link
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:48 (seven months ago) link
no worries slipknot
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 February 2024 13:49 (seven months ago) link
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, February 15, 2024 8:32 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol yes fuck them BUT I am an assistant so 80% of my job is replying to some kind or request or another from people. I read somewhere that using "no problem" in some situations can serve to diminish the importance of the task you're about to do. No idea if that's true but it stuck with me and I usually go with something along the lines of "happy to help".
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:05 (seven months ago) link
Even worse when you're relying on the goodwill of these haters for your actual income. I am appalled by the vitriol people will heap on service workers for doing something utterly innocuous like saying "no worries/problem" tbh. The fact that I have to worry about offending someone in this way or not getting paid is disturbing. So I can't really say "fuck those people" because the poisoned dance that we do as tipped employees.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:32 (seven months ago) link
(In private I can absolutely say fuck those people but if I want to pay my bills I can't tell them to get bent to their face)
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:33 (seven months ago) link
I used to say "Easier done than said", and have finished the task by the time they had worked out what that meant.
― Mark G, Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:37 (seven months ago) link
“No wuckers” is the furthest I’ve been on the asymptotic line toward Pure Australianism and I have to respect it
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 15 February 2024 15:04 (seven months ago) link