Earlier today, man in sandwich shop in front of me said “Can I GET, LIKE, a cheese and ham roll”?
I wanted to intervene and respond to him as follows;
a) no you can’t, because that’s the server’s job, and if you’d like to work there you need to apply like everyone else…
b) it’s not the job of the server to guess what near ingredients you’d enjoy that’s similar to cheese and ham. You need to specifically state what you want in your sandwich and then they’ll make it. It’s really that simple, why are you trying to complicate?
Honestly, the standard of spoken English these days is appalling.
CAN I GET (phrase) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary
Definition of CAN I GET (phrase): used when ordering in a café or bar
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