You mean you're ripping your employer off?Happy Christmas (and yes, it is a slow day at the office.)
I never said a winged or golden unicorn. Just a standard non flight enabled white one. I think you're getting confused with Pegasus.ClubMan illustrated this point well by saying that he now defines "rip-off" as a winged golden unicorn
You mean you're ripping your employer off?
I'm sure you said golden, let's just check with the search facility will we? Oh, wait...I never said a winged or golden unicorn. Just a standard one.
Many amongst us use the phrase "rip-off" to mean over-priced, excessively expensive in certain contexts.
Why on earth do you take great insult when somebody recommends that you shop around?For instance I personally take great insult where people say...just choose not to but there and shop elsewhere!
And sometimes they do. So what? They may be paying a premium for convenience but it's the retailer's prerogative to charge what they like and the consumer's to decide what price they are willing to pay in any given situation.Shops expect that this new class of Irish people will pay whatever for the goods or service on offer...often in the knowledge that to shop elsewhere is just too much hassle.
I don't get it. If a shop wants to charge €40 for socks (or whatever) then that's their business. Personally I would not pay it but somebody else might. It's not a rip off unless they advertise them at, say, €4 but surreptitiously try to charge €40 at the till.This to me is where the argument against the modern term "rip-off" falls over. If you don't get this...then you just don't get it!
Often because they consider that misuse of the term in such situations dilutes it and gets in the way of identifying and tackling real rip-offs.
I don't get it. If a shop wants to charge €40 for socks (or whatever) then that's their business. Personally I would not pay it but somebody else might. It's not a rip off unless they advertise them at, say, €4 but surreptitiously try to charge €40 at the till.
Sure. Even two is more than one. But my perception from browsing this site is that many, many more people accept the term rip-off has now acquired multiple meanings, one of which is an unreasonably high price, perhaps with an element of taking advantage of people, where going elsewhere would be inconvenient.More than one person has challenged what they consider the mistaken attributation of the term rip-off to straightforward cases of high prices.
Used to be a C up until 2 years ago. Now a strong A.
It is still very clear to me that those of us who want to communicate with precision, those of us who want to be understood, need to have a word which implies fraud. To me, "rip-off" is that word. If others choose to use it to mean expensive or to mean a unicorn, then they are abusing the word.Some have insisted that a "rip-off" must be a deceitful or fraudulent act, but now agree that this position is incorrect.
It is still very clear to me that those of us who want to communicate with precision, those of us who want to be understood, need to have a word which implies fraud. To me, "rip-off" is that word. If others choose to use it to mean expensive or to mean a unicorn, then they are abusing the word.
If someone tells me that Pub X is a rip-off, I will assume that they have been charged more than the prices on display or that they have been intentionally short-changed and I will think less of the pub as a result. If someone tells me that Cafe en Seine manages to have people queuing up outside to pay €6 a pint, I will admire the pub for its marketing savvy.
Humpty Dumpty said something along the following lines: "A word means what I choose it to mean - no more and no less". Sometimes I think that Bankrupt and the others would be more comfortable living in Wonderland where they could use words without worrying about their meaning.
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