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 Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:42 AM
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......is a term I’ve used all my life. I’m an older vatto and it’s just something I grew up hearing and have always used.
Nowadays I truly believe many have no idea wth it means.
Today a nice prob mid 30s gal with a youngun says...”here I’ll get that for you sir”... as I was pushing basket to the rack in grocery store parking lot. I replied...much obliged young lady. She stops, turns around with an angry scowl and says “ WTF you mean by that”? I laughed and said it’s just and old way of expressing gratitude....she waves me off and says...”whatever” and holds her hand in the air. Lol
It’s cool...I’ll keep saying it especially if I think it may irritate some. It’s an old thing I guess.
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 Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:46 AM
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 Maybe it wasn't a young lady.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:56 AM
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I’m 32, have used and have heard the expression. Maybe it has to do with the way people were raised in said area. You definitely hear it more with people that have a stronger euro mindset and raising.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:05 AM
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I would have asked if she kisses her mother with that mouth. What an idiot.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:07 AM
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I've heard it my whole life but it's not a phrase I use, however, if that's the response I can expect, I'm going to start using it just for fun!
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:11 AM
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:12 AM
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Are you sure that's what got her, not the "young lady" part?
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:13 AM
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......is a term I’ve used all my life. I’m an older vatto and it’s just something I grew up hearing and have always used.
Nowadays I truly believe many have no idea wth it means.
Today a nice prob mid 30s gal with a youngun says...”here I’ll get that for you sir”... as I was pushing basket to the rack in grocery store parking lot. I replied...much obliged young lady. She stops, turns around with an angry scowl and says “ WTF you mean by that”? I laughed and said it’s just and old way of expressing gratitude....she waves me off and says...”whatever” and holds her hand in the air. Lol
It’s cool...I’ll keep saying it especially if I think it may irritate some. It’s an old thing I guess. you assumed she was a lady... i guess. No telling here lately. you just keep on doing you, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 01:13 AM
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......is a term I’ve used all my life. I’m an older vatto and it’s just something I grew up hearing and have always used.
Nowadays I truly believe many have no idea wth it means.
Today a nice prob mid 30s gal with a youngun says...”here I’ll get that for you sir”... as I was pushing basket to the rack in grocery store parking lot. I replied...much obliged young lady. She stops, turns around with an angry scowl and says “ WTF you mean by that”? I laughed and said it’s just and old way of expressing gratitude....she waves me off and says...”whatever” and holds her hand in the air. Lol
It’s cool...I’ll keep saying it especially if I think it may irritate some. It’s an old thing I guess. Ignorance runs rampant these days amigo. It does get aggravating at times.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 03:05 AM
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Are you sure that's what got her, not the "young lady" part? This was my first thought also.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 03:11 AM
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What really got me was the wtf but also the hand thing. She put it towards me with an open palm waving.it saying “whatever”....The only other time that’s been done to me was by one of my twin daughters when she was 13yo. My girls are now 42....we were having a rather heated discussion and girl child put that open palm to me and said....talk to the hand cause the mind don’t give a dayum. I slapped her face off. The one and only time I ever hit either of my girls. Anyway I thought I’d share that because I had a brief flashback to 29yrs ago with the hand thing but was well aware I couldn’t slap this beeotch today Lol The Don Julio 42 made me share an old story 
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 03:15 AM
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Oh and to add to the gender question by a few....yes it was female or if it wasn’t with the way she looked I would’ve switched teams. And no...no pics.
Don’t confuse me with the legend of grocery store old men...tha Ox
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08/28/22 03:51 AM
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I don’t think anyone questioned the gender.
It is which term she was offended by that you
may not have correct. Just an observation. Who knows🤷🏻♂️
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 03:54 AM
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I am 35 and know the term. Tip the hat and go one about my business if I was to snag that cart. Bitch was just stupid is what you mark that up to.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 06:31 AM
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 07:13 AM
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One of the biggest problems with today's youth is that too many of them think they're peers with everyone else. No respect for elders, or anyone else for that matter. Everyone's an online presence. I get it all the time with the young people I work with. Well, I've been in this organization longer than you've been alive, kid. You're not my peer. This is why so many of them have trouble transitioning from kid to adult. They enter the workforce and only then do they realize they're the low turd on the totem pole. Many of them cannot handle it. I use "much obliged" all the time, even in emails. Keep on keeping on, sir. 
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08/28/22 10:33 AM
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My neighbor who grew up in S Texas says that (Much Obliged) all of the time.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 11:59 AM
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What onEarth could possibly be wrong with that phrase? If you had said, “Bless your heart.”, I could understand.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:22 PM
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She’s a product of our school system.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:31 PM
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Heard the phrase all my life but I would have had to play along. “PC way to say I’d hit it” and winked at her.
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08/28/22 12:38 PM
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"Much obliged" How can even the dumbest of the dumb misinterpret that as an insult, even if she'd never heard that before.
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:51 PM
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It would be no different than interacting with someone in the 1700s, 1800s, heck even the later part of 1900s. Its not a commonly used phrase anymore. Just follow the age old rule “know your audience”. One thing Ive found in working with younger folks is that they get straight to the point, no fluff. If they are thanking someone, they just say “thank you” or “thx” or a thumbs up emojii. I hate the emojii responses but thats what resonates so I speak their language occasionally so Im not constantly seen as the old fart.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:54 PM
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She’s a product of our school system.
This.
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Re: Much obliged....
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08/28/22 12:58 PM
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One thing Ive found in working with younger folks is that they get straight to the point, no fluff. How could you possibly be more to the point uttering two words? Doesn’t much obliged still mean much obliged? I like the phrase plain & simple and you can’t be any more on point than much obliged. Am I missing something here?
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08/28/22 01:08 PM
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I've heard it my whole life in Texas. Kind of enjoy hearing it.
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