Sir, – Further to recent correspondence (November 29th), the one that annoys me most is the shop assistant who, when they finally come to serve me, asks “Are you okay?”
If I was “okay” I wouldn’t have taken the time to place myself in a situation where I needed assistance, even if it was only to pay an exorbitant price for some small item. – Yours, etc,
SEAMUS McKENNA,
Maynooth,
READ MORE
A helping hand with the cost of caring: what supports are available?
Matt Williams: Take a deep breath and see how Sam Prendergast copes with big Fiji test
New Irish citizens: ‘I hear the racist and xenophobic slurs on the streets. Everything is blamed on immigrants’
Crucial weekend in election campaign as bland as an Uncle Colm monologue on Derry Girls
Co Kildare.
Sir, – A common form of address to a customer waiting to pay at many Dublin retail outlets is “Are you okay?” or even more brusquely, “Okay?” My response is “Thank you for asking but I haven’t been okay for years.” – Yours, etc,
DAVID LOUGHLIN,
Rathmines,
Dublin 6.