Greeting customers in a shop.....

[Millo]

They're probably after a tip!

 

[BimboBob]

Used to take my kids there when we lived just outside NYC. I could never get a tune out of that piano!

The worst thing was it was clearly aimed at kids in there, tiny shoe storage holes...which is why I made sure I was first on it. Did Enola Gay quite nicely and then the place got swamped with rugrats fucking about on it.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It has been used since I was a kid in the 60's except nobody used the "H".

Iyoh

 

[Barcon]

Iyoh

You're orrible you.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Hate going into a shop.
Can I help you SIR.

Sir fuck off.
Do I look like a sir.
And while I'm.ranting.
Last time I was in KFC.
Finally get my food handed to me.
Sorry about ur weight.

"This won't help it will it love "

Asst - "How may I help you sir"?

Me - " By fxxxing off!"

 

[Dirty Harry]

The transition to “hiya!” in the UK. Don't know when this happened, I think some time in the 90s. For sure, I'm an FOC with a stick up my arse, but I've never liked it when I walk into a shop and somebody behind the counter says that right off the bat to me. I never reply in kind, but of course they don't notice. Did it start in the States? Not even sure. I've been in the States (Massachusetts, Georgia, California) and actually I found a slightly formal courtesy that I found quite refreshing in stores (shops!).

Used ‘Hiya’ since I was a kid too (1960s), if anything, I’ve noticed that that has been shortened to ‘Hi’ somewhere along the line, which incidentally, I find a bit grating, maybe similar to you with ‘Hiya’, especially if it’s done in that fake , smiley, high pitched tone from some gurning gimp, each to their own I guess mate.

 

[Dirty Harry]

A friend of mine owned a shop.

"Once a scrote came in and said Hiya mate"

He said "!'m not your mate"

lol!

I’d love to go into your mates shop and him say that to me, I’d just reply “if your not my mate, you must be my enemy” pull out my Samuri sword and my cock and go “ today is a good day to die” with a sinister smile on my face.

Do you think he’d see the funny side ‘mate’ :-) ?

 

[melrose40yarder]

Dan Dare coming in on fire was a regular occurance when I worked at M/C Airport.

Should have given us survival suits at check in.

 

[halfmist]

Even worse than inside a shop are those “meters and greeters” in Greece, Spain etc who stand outside the restaurant and pounce should you happen to stop and then recite the whole menu to you line by line in English on the off chance you may be illiterate.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Istanbul was worse when I was there (not for City.) I had a Wales jersey on and the tout was all “Liverpool, yeah?!”

They’re on commission only so they’ll say anything they can to get you in.