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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

I was working drive through at McDonald's in the early 2000's and this old guy pulls up to my window. I say (as an Australian in an Australian drive through) "G'day mate, what can I get you?"

Well this guy loses his shit, flies into a rant about how I'm not his mate and he doesn't even know me and how dare I presume to be his mate. I say "I'm sorry, it's just a turn of phrase, what can I get you?"

He continues to rant and demands to see my manager. So I say sure, close the window and mosey on over to my manager and explain my situation. He looks a little bewildered but says "no stress I'll deal with it, just wait round the corner."

He walks into my booth andi hear him say "G'day MATE, what can I get for you?" The guy loses his brains for a few more minutes at the audacity. To which my manager says "I understand, what can I get you?" The guy finally orders and we all moved on with our lives.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Freaking out at the people who are about to serve you food isn’t a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Dude, seriously. The only time I genuinely had a problem with a server that being kind & trying to talk couldn't resolve, I politely told the manager I wasn't comfortable being there, paid for my drink and canceled the food order.

No need to make a big deal out of it, and once you get on a server's bad side, fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Nope. Its not nice to kick off at someone at the best of times, but I wouldn’t kick at a customer service who could be helping me, and I definitely wouldn’t kick off at someone serving me food or drink. People are fucking idiots.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Here in Devon, the local phrase from a certain age of woman server is "Hello, my lover". Catches the odd person out but you'd have to be a dick to kick off about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why "my lover" ?

How did this come to be the phrase?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know for sure, but my guess is that it extended from "Ullo my Love"

There's also "my 'ansome" from woman to man, and "mah bud / buddy" for man-man.

Like most regional English accents, there's tons of variations in a small geographic area and many unique words and phrases.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Scotland too: "hen" to women, "pal" to everyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In old fashioned diners in the US the older woman would call you "Honey" frequently. This seems to bother the woke crowd. Me, I like the old school waitresses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'm part of the woke crowd and have never seen anyone I know get upset about it. In fact, we all tend to like it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not that it would justify it at all, but was he Australian? I like to imagine this bewildered a-hole getting increasingly pissed at what he perceives as a transgression of social boundaries by every Australian he meets on his holiday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

It was a long time ago but I don't remember him having an accent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How dare they ask me how I'm doing! None of their damn business!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Like going to England and responding tothe greeting "orright" with anything other than "orright". NO IM NOT "ORRIGHT" EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING ME IF IM "ORRIGHT".

Also they get real confused if you respond with "I'm great thanks mate how are you?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

They're saying it wrong. The question is: "yerright?" which could be interpreted as "are you alright?" but has enough wiggle room for "you are right" and "I acknowledge your rights".

Easy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

A few years back I had a fall out with a neighbour over parking. Im British and called him β€œmate”, he lost his shit over that, anyway he’s a dick so I called him mate a lot more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What a bizarre thing to be upset about. It sounds like the guy had a screw loose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Yeah, maybe he was just having a rough day

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Im pret'ty ha'ppy with how 'im using apostrophes THANK'YOU v'ery much'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apostrophes are for possession & contractions; plurality isn’t on the list. Soz, m8.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

This amused me. Cheers mate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Name checks out.