"Excuse You" and other phrases that make you cringe.

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Liamson

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Ever hear a phrase and suddenly violence seems to bubble within?

"Lets Not" - usually used by itself, always condescending.

"Your call is important to us..." - followed by me hanging up.

"Hot enough for ya?!" - If I have a mouthful of food or we are talking about the weather, whoever says this still loses brownie points. If you were hoping for the yuk yuks, they won't be coming from me.

“God never gives you more than you can handle” - according to? In fact I believe things happen that God didn't 'give you' at all.

“God told me ... ” - What am I suppose to say to this, no? Might as well just stop talking because whatever comes next is pretty much the Gospel, right?

"whole entire" - no kidding. You didn't just eat the whole pizza, or the entire pizza, rather you seem to have consumed the sum of its very existence.

"Excuse You" - This is the original blood boiler. Heard this at a gas station, as a woman was talking to a teenager she didn't know, because he was scarfing his milkshake waiting in line to pay for it.


So what do you guys think?
 
Pipp

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Hahaha..... you sir are exactly right. They are so annoying. I always hated it when older people exclaimed ' great day in the morning!' Also when someone says 'I'm eating a Subway, or I'm drinking a Starbucks.' No.... you are not eating or drinking a restaurant. You are eating a sub from subway and drinking a coffee from Starbucks. Lol I know its weird but it drives me crazy.
 
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keep_on_smiling

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One's that get me are:

"It's none of my business, but.... " or when someone continuously uses "you know..".
 
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kayem77

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When someone constantly says ''I see'' after you tell 'em a story. It sounds rude to me for some reason. It also just doesn't make sense. What exactly do you see?? Because I don't see anything.
 
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just_monicat

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you definitely hit the big ones. a few that came to mind.

can i be honest with you?

that's an excellent question--just what i've been wondering. can you?

you don't mind if i smoke, do you?

(while they're lighting up) happened recently with a new client. so why'd you even bother asking? i really didn't care, but the fact that he asked me while doing it was more annoying than him just smoking and never asking.

i'm sure we'll be fine with whatever you decide.

which in my business basically means: i have no clue, no creative ideas. go figure it out, do the work, and bring it back, so that i can nitpick it into what i actually want.

your business is important to us (spoken by a recorder after 12 minutes on hold)

that's the absolute worst recording message EVAR

were you going to wear that?

well, considering we're here, and i'm wearing it; yes, this is what i plan to wear. and btw, thanks for the heads up on the dress code.

how are you?

which in 99% of cases is a statement made with the expectation of you to say "great/good" with nary a pause for anything more. i especially hate it when they ask, with a slight pause, and the moment i say "good" they continue on without missing a beat. like it's an "audience participation" kind of performance.

this phrase is doubly annoying to me because i will ask it in earnest, and most will assume it's a request for the obligatory response.

i don't ask people how they are if i don't want to know.

oh, and i agree--weather chit chat IS the worse. yep, it looks like its going to rain...


 
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NightRevan

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'I don't mean to be rude, but...'
(which means they are about to be rude :) )

'I wouldn't say it if I didn't like/love you, but...'
(they probably don't like you, and their are probably going using it to say something mildly to extremely insulting :) )
 
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mellowED

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(Can I ask you something?)
 
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Animus

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Liamson said:
“God told me ... ” - What am I suppose to say to this, no? Might as well just stop talking because whatever comes next is pretty much the Gospel, right?
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This is great, so true

And not exactly on the same lines, but the phrase, "Please and thank you" seems a little bit absurd to me. You are at once asking someone to do something and then thanking them as if they had already done it; what happens if I say no? Then nothing makes sense anymore and everyone will be left in shambles.
 
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It drives me bonkers when I get somebody's voice mail and it's the person you were trying to reach saying, "Hi, you have reached..."

No! No, I have not reached you! I tried to...I called you...I got your voice mail...but I completely failed to reach you.

...if I ever get around to setting up my voice mail on my new phone, I'm going to say, "You have failed in your mission. There is no Cristen here."
Or not.
But I know what I will NOT be saying.
 
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Jullianna

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Where I come from some of the nastiest comments are made by someone and followed by "Bless his/her heart".

Like that makes it all okay...

Whenever I say something really stupid, my brother will pat me on the head and say, "Bless her heart. Ain't she perty?" It's not always a mean expression, but it's rarely flattering and normally sarcastic. :)
 
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Oncefallen

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Liamson said:
“God told me ... ” - What am I suppose to say to this, no? Might as well just stop talking because whatever comes next is pretty much the Gospel, right?
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Years ago I went to a small AoG church. Now obviously the AoG believe the gift of prophesy still exists for the edification of the church, but the pastor there made it quite clear that if anyone ever claimed to have a word for the congregation and preceded it with the statement "Thus sayeth the Lord" or anything close to that that his first first words thereafter would be "Prove that God said it".
 
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Donkeyfish07

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I heard this one much more when I was a kid, but it still rears it's ugly head ocassionally

"I have one exactly like that, but it's different"
 
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Jullianna

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"I literally died."
 
wisebeardman

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kayem77 said:
When someone constantly says ''I see'' after you tell 'em a story. It sounds rude to me for some reason. It also just doesn't make sense. What exactly do you see?? Because I don't see anything.
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I see.....
 
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NodMyHeadLikeYeah

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I can't stand the ''I see" either. It's like really, that's your conversational input? I see?

''okay'' What does that even mean?! Okay what? Okay everything is okay? Or okay everything is not okay, and you're just trying to make me think it is okay? OR Okay you understand what i'm saying, but don't know what else to say okay?

''oh'' Just shut up... ''oh'' isn't even worth the breath wasted to say it.
 
thecreationtutor

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kayem77 said:
When someone constantly says ''I see'' after you tell 'em a story. It sounds rude to me for some reason. It also just doesn't make sense. What exactly do you see?? Because I don't see anything.
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just to note - you may want to tell them that before you say anything lol
 
Pipp

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Jullianna said:
Where I come from some of the nastiest comments are made by someone and followed by "Bless his/her heart".

Like that makes it all okay...

Whenever I say something really stupid, my brother will pat me on the head and say, "Bless her heart. Ain't she perty?" It's not always a mean expression, but it's rarely flattering and normally sarcastic. :)
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*coughGUILTYcough*
 
wisebeardman

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NodMyHeadLikeYeah said:
I can't stand the ''I see" either. It's like really, that's your conversational input? I see?

''okay'' What does that even mean?! Okay what? Okay everything is okay? Or okay everything is not okay, and you're just trying to make me think it is okay? OR Okay you understand what i'm saying, but don't know what else to say okay?

''oh'' Just shut up... ''oh'' isn't even worth the breath wasted to say it.
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okay......
 
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keep_on_smiling

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Another one that makes me cringe and unfortunately, I've been guilty of using when chatting online (makes me cringe even when I've said it) is...

"That's funny" - Typically something funny doesn't require verbal recognition (Of course there are some exceptions)
 
rachelsedge

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It's less of a phrase and more a grammatical error, but it grates on my nerves when people say, "I says."

A customer did that the other day, over and over, while telling a story. "She just expected me to give her money. And I says, 'You aren't getting that until you pay me what you owe already', I says."

Face. Meet. Desk.
 
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