Get the kettle on. Err no

[Weloveoptimus]

Said to me on the phone by the bloke coming to collect an item he’s buying from me through EBay.
He’s coming round this morning.
I don’t want to put the bloody kettle on! Is this normal?
I wouldn’t dream of asking this of someone I’ve not met.

It’s like saying ‘see you later’ when you know you won’t ever see that person again, for example selling something on eBay.

Has nobody else ever slipped up on the phone and said something they didn't mean then kicked themselves afterwards?

I have answered my home phone with "Good afternoon, CompanyName, how may I help you?"

I have agreed to do one of my friends a favour and ended the call with "Thanks a lot, bye."

Maybe it's an expression he uses frequently and it's automatic? So much stress!

Here in the South, it’s something a friend might say, meaning I’m on my way and is expecting to stay for a bit and have a cup of tea/drink with you!

It also something workmen say, meaning they are on their way, will be working at yours for a while and are expecting a cup of tea!

Does everyone on here micro-analyse every word said to them? Get on with your life, you'll have fewer 'issues' to worry about!

Yeh, just an expression to mean ‘see you in a bit’

I also say ‘I’ll get the kettle on’ if I’m acknowledging someone will be coming over at some point

Think it’s just a manner of speaking.

Wtf. Was going to come.on here all uppity that you wouldn't give a tradesman a drink who was found work in your house as that's the only time Iv heard this. Not some random bloke collecting stuff

He's a tit. Oh well, you've got you money and got shot of him the old TV.

I think that it's a joke. Please let us know if he did expect a cuppa when he does come round. There are some weirdos out there but I know this is also a turn of phrase that means to prepare for their arrival.

Ah go on, go on, go on...

Well done sticking to the price OP

WOW, some people do love to take offence at EVERYthing.

FFS he is just being friendly.

Just tell him you only have mint/camomile/elephant poo tea or something

I'd hate to live like some you lot. Taking offence at nothing. It's a friendly saying.

I'd hate to live like some you lot. Taking offence at nothing. It's a friendly saying

From a friend or family member it is. Not a random stranger assuming they’ll be invited into my house!

I was born in the North and live in the North, and have never in my life heard this expression used 'just as an expression'. To my mind, it means that someone would like a cup of tea.

I wouldn't see it as a feminist thing, though.

Glad you got your money and rid of the old TV, OP.

"Not a random stranger assuming they’ll be invited into my house!*

That's not what it means. It's a friendly "see you later", nothing more than that.

Oh hang on I’ve got mixed up and missed something, I thought it was still about “get the kettle on”.

That's the sort of thing you say to your best mate not some bloody randomer that you don't know.

holy shite, some of you need to unclench!

Medallion man turned up, did he? I love your desciption of him as Ian McShane's dad. I bet he thought he was making your day.

"get the kettle on" is something friends or relatives might say to me, as they are on their way and just leaving their own house.

Cheeky tradespeople might give me that instruction (and I might eventually get around it, if I remember. or I might forget).

But not as a chat up line from a medallion man that thinks I've nothing better to do. Cheeky Effer.

Unless he's buying your kettle and wants to see it's working, then that's fucking weird.

it's an expression meaning that he will definitely be coming. He won't expect you to actually make him tea

Threads like these make me wonder how some people manage in life. It must be thoroughly exhausting creating a narrative around every innocuous event in life.