Thread: Девушка! :-)

Thanks gsold and MasterAdmin! I'll try those options instead!


The other thing that makes it sound rude to me, is that they are not using "please", or "thank you" when they address the sales staff... and also that the way of shouting "ДЕВУШКА!!!" ... If you translated it into English, for example, you realise why it seems rude.

I know it's the normal way of speaking, in Russian, but it just feels that way to me...

If a man does something wrong, I have noticed that they holler after him "МУЖЧИНА!!! move away from there!! Right away!!! " or something like that....The first times I heard it, I almost wanted to laugh, because it sounded so funny to me...
In England, they would instead say "Excuse me!!! I am afraid it's not possible to walk there today.... would you walk on the other side, please!" Frankly, that sounded funny to me too, at first, because they are being so overly polite at times. But now I have got used to it.

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The other thing that makes it sound rude to me, is that they are not using "please", or "thank you" when they address the sales staff... /QUOTE]

I've been told that if someone is performing their job then thank you and please are not necessary.
Cultures differ - in Spain they usually say "dame (una cerveza)..." literally "give me (a beer.)" No need for "oh, please excuse me if I'm troubling you, but may I please have a beer Sir."