Around Cincinnati there's a funny expression that people use when they didn't hear what you said. They reply with "Please?" in the form of a question. It's the damndest thing. I grew up saying it because ... well ... everyone else said the same thing.
Fast forward to a road trip to St. Louis to where I am set to watch my beloved Reds play the lowly Cardinals. I am sitting at a restaurant, I think it was Mike Shannon's (or something like that - a former Cardinal hero), and the waitress comes over to our table about mid way through the meal and mumbles something I couldn't understand. I respond with "Please?"... and you won't believe the NERVE of this woman ... she reaches down and takes my plate and walks away. I was about HALF finished!
Apparently she asked if she could take my plate, or get that out of my way, etc.
Anyway ... this little episode cured me of that expression.