'poncification' - What's Your Complaint?

[Answerprancer]

Ok, this is a 'whinge-in'.

'Poncification': when things in everyday life become 'poncified'.
I'm sure you know what I mean, but in case you don't, it's the pretentious tarting up of every day things we normally just accept as normal and mundane.

I'll give a couple of infuriating examples that irritate me...

1) Ferrero Rocher (thanks UKAnonymous for the inspiration) - sweets made to look like what they ain't.

2) 'Stand-alone' sinks in pubs that have been 'done up' complete with little squirty top soap/moisturiser dispensers.

[Canary42]

Saying "absolutely" when you merely mean "yes".

[Gavmacp]

I do rather hate anything "posh". We have a posh B&B which when I was in Australia was just normal service.

[ichkeria]

'Contemporary' and 'executive' housing developments

[Svejk]

Blokes smelling like birds. (that sort of thing, comrade?)

[Tilly2]

Restaurants serving food on things other than plates.

[Buenchico]

https://twitter.com/WeWantPlates

[Prudie]

Norman Copenhagen washing up bowls @ £60 odd quid each, any kitchen appliance by Kitchenaid (they must be cooking joking)

[Svejk]

Yeah, right tilly. Or king oblong plates.

[Mamyalynne]

Beds and sofas with so many cushions piled on them you have to spend five minutes removing them before you can sit or lie down.

[Peaspeculiars]

'Up-cycled' Furniture - It is but a lick of paint - no?

[Quizproquo]

A couple of things lately.
People starting every sentence with, so...
and
body is a temple men who obsess about proteins and carbs and going to the gym. Why have protein shakes when protein is freely available naturally.

[maggiebee]

He gave it 110%. Oh no he didn't.

[Psybbo]

Cushions on beds, why

[maggiebee]

Forgot about this until I read Tilly's response. I too hate my food served on a block of wood. Give me a plate any day.

[Buenchico]

Take a look at some of the pictures in my link, Maggie ;-)

[scorpiojo]

Cauliflower foam...truffle foam..

[Jackdaw33]

Westerners who use chopsticks!

[Quizproquo]

I use chopsticks because it's fun. Sorry.

[Tilly2]

'jus' instead of gravy.

[Answerprancer]

Haha - Canary, that almost got me the sack a while back when I had a job as an office clerk.
I was sitting with the directors around the boardroom table eating lunch one day and they persuaded me to make up the numbers for a card game they used to play (because the MD was absent).
I reluctantly joined them but kept forgetting when it was my turn to deal and one of them - a younger director, after I asked for about the fifth time
"oh sorry, is it my deal" said with lowered head and flickering eyelids
"a-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y!" to which I retorted
"Why don't you just say ....YES"?
Now he was a typical spoilt brat younger brother of the MD, who used to boast about attending young Conservative dances and spoke with a put on posh accent and NO ONE was ever supposed to question him.
Everyone in the room cringed as his anger rash glowed as he let rip with a few swear words at me.