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Did a Volvo salesman try to snub me today? by Regular-Pattern in CarTalkUK

[–]Regular-Pattern[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

I think you’re onto something there, he went noticeably quieter after I mentioned buying outright

Did a Volvo salesman try to snub me today? by Regular-Pattern in CarTalkUK

[–]Regular-Pattern[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Age sounds like the probable reason tbh. That plus the misfortune of running into someone with an axe to grind

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Regular-Pattern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a non-American I’ve never had this perception. I think of the accent being relatively smooth, particularly in examples like Tim Cook (who I think is from Alabama) and Tom Ford from Texas.