Things you hate people saying

You know why they ask that right?

Smallies😡😡😡

As the fella/man says…

In the main it's a simple reminder to those who have forgot about the fuel while getting the coffee and chatting,whatever . It happens i've done it once

Then there would presumably be a few who might be chancing it but the question may spook them into paying

If any of the above drive off without paying, it can be said to them later that we asked had you any fuel, thereby exposing their dishonesty

It could also be a factor if it went to court

The question might arise , were u asked did u get fuel or not

true but this is my local shop/petrol station where I park my bicycle against the door. I’ve a bicycle helmet on me.

Ah well , they ask everybody the question

Bicycle or no. That's the system.

Accept it for what it is

GAA supporters yelling "Hon (Insert county or club here)"

"We'll be back tomorrow at the same time" - RTE 1 newsreaders - every fukcing night.

Listen, you crowd of utter morons, we KNOW that you'll be back tomorrow at the same bloody time. That's why the programme that you present is called the RTE 6 One News! 🤬

They ask me that when I'm standing at the counter in my full cycle gear...

Duno what 1716 reeks off posts are not numbered for me

Anyway it's simpler and safer for the management to have a policy that everyone gets asked

Some will forget the fuel by the time they get finished talking and ordering the coffee and rolls

Ys ok I c

The only safe and simple way is ask every customer if they got fuel

This isn't something complex that evolves and improves it's a simple question so I don't see the relevance

"Insert celebrity name" is a national treasure.

Usuallly found in Tik Tok or You Tube comments and usually by British people about British people.

Drives me crazy as if they really know what the person is like.

Similarly "because of tradition"

e.g. let's have our expensively paid politicians waste their very limited Dail time by saying prayers every sodding day "because of tradition"

Someone describing someone they obviously consider as old (for a particular context) as "x years young".

I also am aghast at the ‘team Ireland’ bollocksology.

“The Irish team is made up of 134 athletes who will compete….” Whats wrong with that ?
Looking at the Irish teams Olympic website… “Team Ireland” is plastered everywhere. Where it’s not needed or required. Also they must have briefed the media that that’s what they want everyone to refer to them as… a bit tyrannical. A special flag saying ‘team Ireland’

Team Ireland shop, Team Ireland house, Team Ireland centenary… all given space

https://olympics.ie

Struggling to see the issue here tbh.

"He is such a quiet lad" when they find out one of the neighbours has been beating the **** out of his Mrs and or kids for years and finally got caught. No, Jimmy from the pub the prick isn't a quiet lad it's just nobody heard or didn't care what he was up to.

And if they keep saying it, then dictionaries will start listing it.

It's not a problem. If the spelling or definition of a word changes, then dictionaries will show that. Self appointed guardians of what is correct for centuries have been trying to freeze the language in the form existing in their lifetimes. They never succeeded in the past, and they will won't succeed in the future. If they had their way, then the word Nice would still mean what it meant 600 years ago.

late 13c., "foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (from PIE root *ne- "not") + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] — from "timid, faint-hearted" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c. 1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

The affected / effected mix-up is now so common that it's frequently seen in the Irish Times. 😡

And accept and except. It is perfectly possible to put in, say, a legal letter or document that 'this clause shall be excepted' which, if you don't understand the difference you could think means 'this clause is not included', or 'this clause is acceptable', two exact opposites. But no, it doesn't matter so long as people can write whatever they want on X without being criticised.

Anyway I think we are a bit off topic here, probably more suited to the moribund English forum. 🙂.

You guys…

"Aligned" is a favourite in my place. I've just finished a Teams call, and at the end, one of the engineers was delighted that we're all aligned. 🙄