Leafing through the news feed yesterday, I came across a frame from the old and well-known film "Office Romance". To be honest, I don't like this film, so I remember only one scene well: a certain blonde lady says to a man
“And I’m better than your wife’s salad.” You need to add an apple to it ...
This scene always annoys me. The undisguised rudeness of this heroine (sorry, fans of the film, I don't remember the names from there) ...
Because... today - a list of phrases that it is better not to say at a party during a feast. Not from the head, but, for the most part, one way or another with their own ears.
And in the first place, of course, "I cook better" with a list of "irregularities" that the guest found in the dishes
Many times I watched the masters turn gloomy faces, listening to such speeches. They are especially "pleasant" after the inviting party danced for half a day in the kitchen.
Usually, after such a speech, the guests with the teachings are secretly entered into the list of persona non grata, and rightly so. Each person has his own taste preferences. If some dishes at a party do not correspond to them, they should simply... not eat. Silently. And that's all. It is impossible to please the tastes of all those invited. And the Russian feast implies such an abundance of dishes that everyone will find something to eat.
Simple, right?
Second place: "with beer (optionally - vodka) will pull."
If the first option is teachings on how to change the recipes, this is a ladies' domain, then the compliment "with a drink will pull" is usually given by men. From the category that they consider themselves a shirt-guy, the soul of the company and a source of sparkling humor, and those around them gradually begin to see themselves as simply boors.
What the hell would it do with a drink? The owners, by the way, try to cook, and to hear such an assessment is insulting.
By the way, in my student days I had a chance to see a reaction to this phrase. The girl, the hostess of the evening, simply removed the plate from this guest, announcing that he should not poison his body with booze for the sake of a snack, which is simply impossible.
The rest of the guests froze... The culprit had to apologize for a long time and explain that it was he who was joking, unsuccessfully.
Third place: the snobbish "we don't eat that"
By the frequency of using this phrase, by the way, again, the fair sex is in the lead.
I don’t know why it is used during a feast, whether in order to somehow rise above those around, or so that the hostess (optionally the owner) of the holiday is gone, but ...
Several times I saw how, first having piled a mountain of food on their plate, beautiful ladies begin to poke around in it, and then raise reproachful eyes at the hostess with a question:
- What's in the salad?
And, having heard the answer, they pull:
- Well, I don’t eat that (I don’t buy it as an option), - and then they begin to list the reasons, they say, poor quality, harmful, too cheap (and therefore suspicious), or what others.
What I want to say is that there will hardly be someone who is against healthy criticism. But snobbery and rudeness are best kept to yourself.
Have you come across such phrases? Or what others?