Originally Posted by gingerjack:
“Oh and people who ask me "are you all set for Christmas " they annoy me”
I used to love it when people casually asked my Mum if she was 'all set'. She didn't realise it was just a platitude. She thought it was a genuine concern into just how set she was and would launch into a long and detailed monologue.
"Well, I've presents wrapped & delivered. Cards away & I posted the Australian ones a good while back. I've the turkey ordered & it's to be picked up about 12.45 on Xmas Eve - I'm hoping Tom will do that for I've enough to be getting on with - & Tesco delivery due on the 23rd but I'll go to the village for the sprouts, parsnips...I like fresh vegetables from that nice greengrocer whose wife died there not long ago..."
Some even got the gammon & hoover edit or the stats on the cream sherry situation.
As a teen I cringed at 'are you all set' but when I saw the regret etched on their faces when they doled out that platitude to Mum I learned to enjoy it. Think she might actually have caused many a person to never ask again.