i dispense with pleasantries when my expectation is not neutral :-)
my go-to when im forced to answer unknown callers is “who is this?”. then i disconnect if they dont answer my question
that one doesn’t bother me at all. “needs fixing”, “needs to be fixed”, same thing. but “needs fixed” can fuck right off.
my peeve is the chopped infinitive, like “it needs fixed” instead of “it needs to be fixed”
mockingbird at 4:30 AM: HEY GUYS I BROUGHT SEED FOR THE MEETING IN 2.5h. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY TRIP TO GET IT IN EACH OF YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGES.