This is a refrain that I point out to friends ("Let's see how many times we hear 'hey guys' today!"), who then are haunted forever after at how many times it shows up during the day.
Wait staff are especially annoying with the hey guys routine....
When I was a kid in the inner city of Chicago, people used to stand in the alleys and yell "Yo Bobbay!" "Yo Dannay!" Yo Sanday!" Geez. We didn't have youtube. We had Yo Boob.
@1 Yes! College-aged wait staff at big, bad restaurants kill me. From door to door -- "Hey guys, how're ya doin'? For two?" to "Thenks guys. Have a great day."
This is all because English has no 2nd person plural.
At IHOP we are not supposed to use "guys" because the old ladies get really offended. I don't use it because I think it's annoying, but it always kills me when I see one of my coworkers doing it.
Wait staff are especially annoying with the hey guys routine....
This is all because English has no 2nd person plural.