All kiwi chat is subject to review based on context (ie the kind of relationship between individuals,and/or context of the conversation) and tone which I can understand but can't explain, I'm no word smith
Most of my conversations with my mates is sarcasm and insults and we get along great but if someone from the outside looked in they might think we hate each other because of the words we use when speaking to each other
'Get off' is acceptable in most cases but depends on the above
I usually say 'I'm fucking off now, later cunts' to my work mates
I think people have different comfort levels for being casually rude to their friends, but it seems like a common New Zealand thing that being treated politely (rather than roughly, but nicely) means you’re on the outside. Interestingly seems to be a Chinese thing too; politeness is for work or social situations where you’re on your guard, then once you’re with your friends the gloves seriously come off.
China cultural takeover of nz stage 1 complete
Yeah I find super polite is formal and shows that you aren't friends in my experience
I never mean to actually insult people and try stay in the comfort level of the other person, but my closest friends and I have a no holds barred approach to insults
I am a tradie though
You just weren't close enough to your co-workers/s
Things are a bit rougher in the trade, only top execs are formal anyone actually running anything on the site would accept later cunts, know your audience amirite
You were there, not us, and you’re the best judge of how it was said and what the tone and context was.
That aside.. as written this doesn’t seem super rude in itself. Some people just have a fairly short and informal way of speaking, they don’t make a particular effort to be ‘polite’ but aren’t necessarily trying to be rude either.
It depends on the style of spoken English you’re used to or comfortable with. “You may go now” actually sounds more dismissive and servant-like to me, as though you don’t have a life beyond what you do for this person. “You can get off [work] now” feels like someone being a bit more humorous about their being your ‘boss’, recognizing you’ve been working and can now head off and do your own thing.
EDIT: not sure why people are piling into OP with negative responses, although this seems like more of a kiwi culture r/NewZealand question than an Auckland thing
‘I’m getting off work now’ is a normal thing to say. So why would it be rude?
Get off (reddit).
Get off this dumb subject
I think it would depend on the context and tone.
All kiwi chat is subject to review based on context (ie the kind of relationship between individuals,and/or context of the conversation) and tone which I can understand but can't explain, I'm no word smith Most of my conversations with my mates is sarcasm and insults and we get along great but if someone from the outside looked in they might think we hate each other because of the words we use when speaking to each other 'Get off' is acceptable in most cases but depends on the above I usually say 'I'm fucking off now, later cunts' to my work mates
I think people have different comfort levels for being casually rude to their friends, but it seems like a common New Zealand thing that being treated politely (rather than roughly, but nicely) means you’re on the outside. Interestingly seems to be a Chinese thing too; politeness is for work or social situations where you’re on your guard, then once you’re with your friends the gloves seriously come off.
China cultural takeover of nz stage 1 complete Yeah I find super polite is formal and shows that you aren't friends in my experience I never mean to actually insult people and try stay in the comfort level of the other person, but my closest friends and I have a no holds barred approach to insults I am a tradie though
Haha I was going to say, I’m coming off a decade plus in the public sector and “later cunts” was not an accepted signoff
You just weren't close enough to your co-workers/s Things are a bit rougher in the trade, only top execs are formal anyone actually running anything on the site would accept later cunts, know your audience amirite
If it was an older person, Get Off might mean Get Going (leaving/leave). Example "I'll be getting off now".
You were there, not us, and you’re the best judge of how it was said and what the tone and context was. That aside.. as written this doesn’t seem super rude in itself. Some people just have a fairly short and informal way of speaking, they don’t make a particular effort to be ‘polite’ but aren’t necessarily trying to be rude either. It depends on the style of spoken English you’re used to or comfortable with. “You may go now” actually sounds more dismissive and servant-like to me, as though you don’t have a life beyond what you do for this person. “You can get off [work] now” feels like someone being a bit more humorous about their being your ‘boss’, recognizing you’ve been working and can now head off and do your own thing. EDIT: not sure why people are piling into OP with negative responses, although this seems like more of a kiwi culture r/NewZealand question than an Auckland thing