tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7605532679220298809..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: You All Right There?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-77385620021737533102010-09-27T08:56:31.449+01:002010-09-27T08:56:31.449+01:00The problem with bar staff is that they are far to...The problem with bar staff is that they are far to transitory, not giving bar managers, owners, licencees the chance to instill appropriate manners. I also believe the particular phrase comes from those nice people in that far away commonwealth country now known as Australia.<br /><br />It is also interesting that people in the service industry that have English as their second language are far more likely to try harder to match our British customs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-85053925682957066762010-09-27T06:50:36.335+01:002010-09-27T06:50:36.335+01:00I have to say I've had to erase this phrase fr...I have to say I've had to erase this phrase from my bar-running vocabulary.<br />Although I'm not as militant as Curmudgeon in thinking it's 'rude and ill-mannered'.<br />Her reaction to your remark possibly shows more of what's wrong with service standards though, unintelligent and lacking in banter, if she said 'just checking, you looked a bit peaky' or something similar, it would have at least shown promise.rabidbarflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287790634237896071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-39202758272080457032010-09-26T18:13:31.284+01:002010-09-26T18:13:31.284+01:00It's becoming an increasingly common phrase in...It's becoming an increasingly common phrase in shops as well. A friend and I were only commenting on this the other day. Whatever happened to "May I help you?", or "Can I be of assistance?"Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-28709895259567686002010-09-26T15:38:43.046+01:002010-09-26T15:38:43.046+01:00You know, I was thinking of making a post on exact...You know, I was thinking of making a post on exactly the same subject! I know it's just a modern mannerism, and nothing untoward is meant by it, but it does come across to me as rude and ill-mannered.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com