Yourself

[dirtychinchilla]

I spoke to this recruiter yesterday who kept saying yourself to me. He said something like, "I just sent this specification over to yourself, but I don't know understand what yourself means regards to the position." I can't remember the rest of the conversation because he annoyed me so much by saying yourself, but he must have said it about 15 times in a 3 minute conversation.

What the hell...it's like semi-colons. If you don't know how to use the word or the semi-colon, just don't use it as it makes you look and sound stupid! I felt like telling him how ridiclous he sounded, but that would have been a bit too mean.

Anyway, rant over.

 

[dlockers]

cheesefest alt?

 

[alex24]

I have encountered this phenomenon too. Often when someone is trying to speak to you professionally, such as estate agents etc. It sounds weird to me and it's obviously not grammatically correct, but language is an evolving thing, so who's to really say what's wrong or right. I take it you understood that he meant to say 'you', so you could still follow. I do judge people who do this though, can't help it as I had a very grammatically correct upbringing (i.e. things were definitely wrong or right).

 

[dirtychinchilla]

cheesefest alt?

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[dirtychinchilla]

I have encountered this phenomenon too. Often when someone is trying to speak to you professionally, such as estate agents etc. It sounds weird to me and it's obviously not grammatically correct, but language is an evolving thing, so who's to really say what's wrong or right. I take it you understood that he meant to say 'you', so you could still follow. I do judge people who do this though, can't help it as I had a very grammatically correct upbringing (i.e. things were definitely wrong or right).

So did I. He was almost definitely a former estate agent, but recruiters and estate agents at that level are more or less the same to my mind.

For me it's simply - if you can't use it in the correct context then either learn or don't bother using it!

 

[Sankari]

Recruiters are the kind of people who'd work in call centres if they hadn't somehow managed to blag a recruiter position instead.

 

[Ice Tea]

I see it used as shorthand for you and only you to deal with and respond too, not for you to pass on to another which tends to happen in a company environment.

 

[Feek]

Recruiters are the kind of people who'd work in call centres if they hadn't somehow managed to blag a recruiter position instead.

Similarly, HR drones are people who couldn't get jobs as recruiters.

 

[touch]

cheesefest alt?

Cheesefest isn't talking to a recruiter. There are literally zero jobs available in the whole of England so there's no point!

 

[jsmoke]

Recruiters are the kind of people who'd work in call centres if they hadn't somehow managed to blag a recruiter position instead.

+1. *****.

 

[randomshenans]

Check yourself.

 

[Sankari]

Similarly, HR drones are people who couldn't get jobs as recruiters.

^^ Facts.

 

[Housey]

Skinny grey trousers, very tight shirt and no socks too?

 

[bloodiedathame]

Similarly, HR drones are people who couldn't get jobs as recruiters.

And HR drones are failed Estate Agents.

 

[cheesyboy]

Yeah, it's ******* annoying.

As are recruiters, usually. Sometimes I find one I like - the ones working for temp positions are much more attentive, I guess because they have to be with how fast things move.

 

[new boy]

At least he has a job unlike yourself.

 

[Worthy]

Skinny grey trousers, very tight shirt and no socks too?

This is the mental image I get of you, sorry.

 

[Housey]

This is the mental image I get of you, sorry.

ha!

Noooo far from that, too old to carry that off.

 

[Uhtred]

I hear this all the time at work. It's not just estate agents.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Where's Irene?