Words or phrases that annoy you

Flyonthewall

pollypenny wrote: »

Ok, just ' Good morning/afternoon ' would suffice.

Honestly, when standing at the till a person is usually ready for some transaction, whether a purchase or an appointment.

And when I paid for my cushions yesterday whether I had a headache or not was irrelevant ! :cool:

I agree, good morning/afternoon would be fine as far as I'm concerned too.

However, I bet there are people who wouldn't be happy with that or who haven't gone to the till to pay and who need help. Look at the site notalwaysright.com and you'll soon see how many stupid people there are. I'm sure many cashiers would love if they could just say "good morning/afternoon", scan the items and be done with it, but sadly they have to try and make all customers happy so they have to ask silly questions or questions you don't care about because someone else might.

nyc_451

Do you know what I mean??

SeaVixen

"New and Improved"

It's either new or it's improved. It can't be both!!!

ManofLeisure_2

When visiting my GP (or any GP in our Practice), I am always greeted by 'hello and how can we help you?'. Err, as there is only one doc sat there, why not just say how can 'I' help you.

Also the greeting 'hello peeps' really bugs me

fierystormcloud

Many people have covered lots of what I hate, but what really winds me up is the phrase 'joined-up thinking.' I had not even heard it until about a year ago! I know it's a normal saying, but it just makes me :mad::mad::mad:

It also irks me when people say 'PIN number!' 'ATM machine' and other things with superfluousness. It's PIN and ATM!

I'm sure that there's a word to describe this actually.

Edited to say...it's called RAS ... Redundant acronym syndrome!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

Sam_Fallow

fierystormcloud wrote: »

It also irks me when people say 'PIN number!' 'ATM machine' and other things with superfluousness. It's PIN and ATM!

I'm sure that there's a word to describe this actually.

Edited to say...it's called RAS ... Redundant acronym syndrome

Earliest example I can think of it was when the Trustee Savings Bank became the TSB Bank in 1989. 27 years of irritation.

pendragon_arther

I'm not sure where it originated, maybe the US or Oz, but the inflection of raising one's voice at the end of a sentence as if seeking approval and turning it into a question. Do you know what I mean?

SeaVixen

pendragon_arther wrote: »

I'm not sure where it originated, maybe the US or Oz, but the inflection of raising one's voice at the end of a sentence as if seeking approval and turning it into a question. Do you know what I mean?

YES! Dear lord that bugs me too!

I think it was American. My only basis for that is that lots of my friends and I used to do it. We all watched American kids TV shows, so likley picked it up from there. I didn't realise it was abnormal for quite some time.

Gloomendoom

pendragon_arther wrote: »

I'm not sure where it originated, maybe the US or Oz, but the inflection of raising one's voice at the end of a sentence as if seeking approval and turning it into a question.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal

Artytarty

I hate that too! I read once that it was due to the influence of hte Australian soap operas on our screens.