I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

    • HonytawkEnglish
      143·
      7 months ago

      Your entire argument is based in semantics.

        • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
          93·
          7 months ago

          I don’t give two flying fucks what the waiter says, bring me my food and don’t be an ass with your demeanor.

                • schmidtster@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  61·
                  7 months ago

                  Maybe the older people just shouldn’t get upset? Why do we need to pander to them? Cant they just allow us to respond to thank you the way we want to?

                  Goes both ways. And yes I have reason, this is a child Conversation of one of my comments.

                  Society should stop pandering to them, eventually there would be no places they could go without accepting they’ve lost. Plenty of places do fine already being hospital under other means.