May 5, 2011 at 7:08 am
calvo (5/4/2011)
A coworker who sits next to me calls my name "Calvo" and I respond with "What?".No big deal, right? Well, apparently this coworker thinks it is rude to answer with "What?" and I should respond with "Yes?" instead.
This person obviously has never been to New York. 😀
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May 5, 2011 at 11:09 am
May 5, 2011 at 11:11 am
calvo (5/5/2011)
Ray K (5/5/2011)
This person obviously has never been to New York. 😀Coworker is originally from new york ><
one of the boroughs
What????????
May 6, 2011 at 10:18 am
Ninja's_RGR'us (5/5/2011)
calvo (5/5/2011)
Ray K (5/5/2011)
This person obviously has never been to New York. 😀Coworker is originally from new york ><
one of the boroughs
What????????
^^ echoing above reaction!!!
I'm a lifelong upstate New York native, I have friends and family down in the City, and we don't even give the "what" reaction a second thought!!!
Must be a New York transplant!
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May 9, 2011 at 3:39 am
When collegues just say "Stuart" to attract my attention rather than asking a question, a simple "hello" seems to work wonders in getting what they want out of them.
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May 12, 2011 at 5:33 pm
A coworker who sits next to me calls my name "Calvo" and I respond with "What?".
No big deal, right? Well, apparently this coworker thinks it is rude to answer with "What?" and I should respond with "Yes?" instead.
i respond "mm?"
May 12, 2011 at 5:45 pm
As said before, it DEPENDS...
I would try playing him a bit.
Him: Magoo!
Me: What (spoken curtly)...(pause for effect)... can I do for you today?
Repeat that often enough and he will learn to love just "What"
You might also try learning to hate something he does - that should balance it out 😉
MM
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I'm afraid I'm with your coworker. It's nothing to do with grammar but everything to do with manners. "What?" is pervceived as impolite and betrays a reluctance to enter into conversation. Perhaps that's just in England though.
Anyway, if it's no big deal, why not just reply as your coworker would like and then everybody's happy?
May 13, 2011 at 5:49 am
Richard Warr (5/13/2011)
I'm afraid I'm with your coworker. It's nothing to do with grammar but everything to do with manners. "What?" is pervceived as impolite and betrays a reluctance to enter into conversation. Perhaps that's just in England though.Anyway, if it's no big deal, why not just reply as your coworker would like and then everybody's happy?
That's too easy a solution!!
I think it's more the way you answer than the answer itself. I've seen lots of shows that use what as a big surprise / annoyance. But I've seen it used gently too. All in the tone of voice and body language...
September 4, 2011 at 6:37 am
Another answer from a late-comer.
Generally people shouldn't care what word)s) you use to respond, unless they are clearly abusive - tone of voice conveys far more than choice of words in this situation.
I've often been in environments where a response to "Hello" or "Tom" could be any of "Mm-mm", "Hi", "Yes", "No", "Oink", "What", "Ouch", "Maybe", "Perhaps", "I think so", "Probably" or quite a few other things - all utterly meaningless, just noise-words to acknowledge and accept the attempt to initiate communication; pretty much everyone would have a lot of different words or phrases that they would use, no-one found any of it unmannered or impolite provided the intonation was reasonable. And I've known environments where one had to be very careful of choice of words to avoid upsetting people. I guess it's a cultural thing.
Tom
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