• @[email protected]
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    461 month ago

    I use “are you calling me a liar?” which is probably more effective in the UK than the US.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 month ago

      Ugh I HATE that phrase. I’m American and any time someone says that to me I just want to reply “no, I just think you are ignorant” but I know that would just get me punched.

      • partial_accumen
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        1 month ago

        Also in the “factual but getting punched” category of responses would be: “No, I’m not saying you’re a liar. You don’t need to be a liar to still be in the wrong.”

      • @[email protected]
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        131 month ago

        I’ve also heard people use it who weren’t lying, they were simply incorrect, and conflating those two concepts.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 month ago

      Yeah no that definitely doesn’t work in the US.

      In recent years there’s been an anti-Karen sentiment going around in the country, so these days any sort of pushback from the public usually gets immediately shut down, even if the customer isn’t actually being a Karen. Today’s service industry employees have zero fucks to give.

      • Pup Biru
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        61 month ago

        holy shit i noticed that… every customer service agent just assumes you’re lying and trying to scam them; there’s no benefit of the doubt… prove it or shut up and stop wasting company time

        what ever happened to having a reputation for good customer service being a positive business attribute in and of itself?

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          That seems specific to the west, in Japan and Korea, I had separate incidents where the subway ate my ticket or money and the guy asks how much it was, opens tge machine, and grabs that ticket/bill, and gives it to me, doesn’t check a camera or the machines history or anything.

      • IndiBrony
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        151 month ago

        Given what passes for a “truther” nowadays, I’d be more than happy to hear that 🙏