Just one second...

[dreadnut]

If one more person tells me "just one second" I think my head is gonna explode! When you think about it, that is really a stupid statement.

I think "just a moment, please" would be a much better response.

There is no courtesy protocol for customer service any more. This is just one example.

 

[Guildedagain]

Alf a Mo?

 

[F312]

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[Westerly Wood]

hey Dread, if you could give me a second to mull this one over....

 

[fronobulax]

It is always a source of amusement when people choose to take an idiom literally.

 

[HeyMikey]

If I’m feeling generous I’ll let them wait a minute, but not a second longer.

 

[FNG]

I'm outraged!

 

[GAD]

Irregardless of all the stupid things people say these days, I think we can be in agreeance that this one that doesn’t matter much. Am I right? Bruh?

 

[fronobulax]

 

[Nuuska]

HAH !!!

I remember when I was in US - people were always asking "How are you?" . . .

 

[Westerly Wood]

yeah, way more concerning was that unruly crowd at the 18th hole of the PGA.
that could have gotten ugly, and it's golf for crying out loud.

 

[bluesypicky]

Well I think we got to the bottom of this one... big thank you to all the participants!

 

[dreadnut]

Here's another one I hate: "Hold on..." Never say that to a customer.

Now get off my lawn!

 

[bobouz]

Just one second, I need to mention how much it drives me crazy when someone repeatedly says “gotch-ya”.

 

[adorshki]

It is always a source of amusement when people choose to take an idiom literally.

Yeah, everybody knows they're actually suppositories.

 

[dreadnut]

Here's another good one, after being on the phone with a customer service representative for 20 minutes..."I'm going to transfer you to the (whichever department" then you can start all over again: "Can I get your full name and date of birth please..." AAARRRGGGHHH!

 

[5thumbs]

Here's another one I hate: "Hold on..." Never say that to a customer.

I used to do a lot of alarm & video installations in banks. One of the first things I taught new helpers was to never yell across the lobby "Hey, what's the hold up"?

 

[adorshki]

Here's another good one, after being on the phone with a customer service representative for 20 minutes..."I'm going to transfer you to the (whichever department" then you can start all over again: "Can I get your full name and date of birth please..." AAARRRGGGHHH!

Worse yet, automated phone trees with opaque and vague instructions...after 2 or 3 re-dial attempts to start over, you finally get a ring.

A live person picks up.

And you get disconnected.

 

[Rambozo96]

You know what I hate? When you go to a burger joint and you get a slice of an end of a tomato complete with stem.

 

[adorshki]

You know what I hate? When you go to a burger joint and you get a slice of an end of a tomato complete with stem.

What, you got something against fiber?