This is a really good one. I remember how salty people were when this got changed a million years ago.

People who push their dogs in strollers

well to be fair they initially offered me 3 months but i negotiated it up because they had poached me from another job and I was able to negotiate that I'd lost out on stock options to join this one

this is why my salary got "too high" in the first place, they kept on calling me and i kept on saying no, I finally told them look, I'm not leaving unless it's at least x amount and a few days later they called me up and offered me 25% more

seems they had to fill a very niche role in order to satisfy a client who was visiting the office and they just panicked to get it done for fear of losing the contract and then once contract was secure it was back to who tf is this guy and why are we paying him that

in hindsight i should have put it away and invested most of it, instead i just went travelling for a very long time - but that too was nice

It's a cordial way to as they say "council someone out" who they don't but want anymore and the easiest thing to do is to let the money do the talking.

this so much, especially when the background matches so you miss entire conversations

very common in china, some old grannies get dogs and treat them like children, want to take them out for walks because that's what you're supposed to do with dogs but then don't want them getting diry so stroller it is

yes, i don't think it would shock many to find i was in a position where i was unwanted

Isn't that a British English thing? Seems as if I remember noticing it on the old BBC Top Gear program, where they'd make a reference like, "...and he was called Enzo Ferrari..."

Even though I noticed it, did not piss me off. So, good one.

Is 'called' actually grammatically wrong? I'd pretty much always use 'called' in that situation as 'named' sounds a little bit too formal to me.

Yeah I'd always say 'called' too. Also UK.

It's a good thing my parents named me John.

That's what everyone calls me.

Called is more correct. Only your parents named you but everyone calls you by your name.

Sure thing Johnny.

In USA#1 nobody actually says "I am called xxxx" nor do we say "I am named xxxx"

We either say "my name is xxxx" or we say "I'm xxxx".

You people talk weird in your uncivili"s"ed countries

When I can't remember whether I've mentioned something already

Just to clarify my post about “called” vs. “named,” I am talking about a very specific usage. Here is an example:

“In my first job, I worked with a guy called Larry.”

It's like the "waiting on line" thing. It sounds absolutely wrong to my ears, but different strokes I guess.

This makes me angry

This.

"on accident"

Drives me up the ****ing wall.

do you call "in" sick, or call "out" sick?

I'll show myself out....

Do you cash out or rather do you really cash in?

fyp

You know Larry? Nice guy, but really incompetent at work. Tell him I said hi if you're still in touch.

"When this is all over"