when friends ask how much you earn.

none of your fucking business mate.

Can I have that work I asked you to do last week?

yeah i have a friend whos muslim and her parents are from bangladesh and people are always asking her where shes from, when she says manchester they go no where are you originally from. and shes like M A N C H E S T E R

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None of your business, fuck yourself very much!

when people say “can i try them on” and you say “no im using them”

i find doesnt give a particularly good hit rate

Just tell them you’ve actually gained weight.

If they claim you used to be bigger try to convince them that they were just a bit nearer to you that time.

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Had a haircut today. It was the classic questions asking about holidays, working today? any plans for the weekend? Weather’s nice innit? With a good 2-3 minutes awkward silence inbetween. Either be one of those really chatty barbers who goes off on one or pipe down.

Lost a fight with a lawnmower?

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It amazes me that people still get upset when you demonstrate that the only way you can answer that question is by implicitly criticising their life choices.

Like, what did they expect?

“God, vegetarians are so holier-than-thou!”

Really? You did just badger me into telling you why I’ve chosen not to to follow your lifestyle…

proper 90’s gag this. love it

feel free to like me back man

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“Why do you have a Scottish accent when you’re from Wolverhampton?”

“What kind of music do you like?”

What is love? Baby don’t hurt me.

Personally I’ve never seen why this is considered a personal question. I think it’s connected to classism or guilt/stigma about earning touch or too little. Some countries like the UK see it as really rude for others it is an extremely common and accepted question.

I just don’t see where you’d want to go with it though. unless you happen to work in the same industry or in a similar position to me, its not an important or relevant question and i’d certainly question your motives for asking. (not you, figurative you etc.)

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But I think that’s just culturally tied to the society we live in. As far as a question that will tell you something about a stranger it’s far more accurate then the normal small talk drival.

I wouldn’t go around asking it or anything but wouldn’t have a problem with someone who did. Particularly if they weren’t English.

‘are you a woman?’

annoying but also quite funny. but also annoying

I get this sometimes, I’ve got a bit of a weird face because my mum’s South American and my dad’s English, there’s a fair bit of native American in there. I once got asked where I was from by a total stranger at the bus stop in Nottingham, I told them which area I’m from, she obviously wasn’t satisfied by this and asked “BUT WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY”, I told her my spiel and she smiled smugly saying “ah yes, I did think you from somewhere like the Ukraine”.

I get something similar, asking why I don’t have a Welsh accent when I was originally from Wales. I have lived in England for 15 years, I have English parents, and not everyone in Wales speaks with a strong accent. I am surrounded by proud Bristolians who sound like they are from the home counties, why aren’t they badgered about it!

“When are you going to do a reunion episode?”

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Bus stops/buses in general can always be bad places to be in for stuff like this. What it is about them that brings this out in people I don’t know!