I Don't Like It When People Say ... sayings people trot out that make you angry ...

This thread is so cathartic to vent (second time I've said that today, I should be all healed by now).

"It's not about the destination. It's about the journey". Now, who wouldn't prefer the destination without having to deal with the journey lol. Just gimme.
 
Lara said:
Can you imagine the grocery checkout clerk having to ask everyone coming through the line "paper or plastic bag"? I even get tired of answering.
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Everytime I go somewhere and the people that work there say a phrase that I know management has instructed them to say to everyone it annoys me. I'm not annoyed at the poor schmuck that has to say it to everyone, but at the manager that makes them do it.
 
I get annoyed when young people, instead of saying, "So I said," say, "So I'm like." In fact, that word "like" must be completely worn out by now!
 
I live in Phoenix and when I talk about the heat in the middle of July I hate when people say "At least it's a dry heat". Yes, I know the south is dripping with humidity and I also know that NYC can be miserable in the summertime but don't try to reassure me that the heat here is more tolerable by saying that it's a dry heat. When it is 118 during the day and the low is 98 it's a raw heat !
 
"I could care less."....ugh. Makes me cringe. The correct expression is "I couldn't care less."

"This will only take a second." (How many things really only take a second?)
 
Heard it about 5 times today within a 20 minute period...and only at Chick-Fil-A restaurants.... When you say thank you, their response is "My Pleasure," I must eat there too often, and too many are doing things to be thanked for. Gets old after awhile and is beginning to sound way too perfunctory.

The one that is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard is "like," sometimes used 2-3 times in one sentence. Not surprisingly, it's already been mentioned.
 
Katybug said:
Heard it about 5 times today within a 20 minute period...and only at Chick-Fil-A restaurants.... When you say thank you, their response is "My Pleasure," I must eat there too often, and too many are doing things to be thanked for. Gets old after awhile and is beginning to sound way too perfunctory.

The one that is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard is "like," sometimes used 2-3 times in one sentence. Not surprisingly, it's already been mentioned.
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That is great. Here when you say thank you, the response is "No problem". I like My Pleasure better.
 
"He's a nice guy", "She's so nice".

What does this mean? That the person smiles in your face, has decent table manners, and isn't a serial killer? Everyone can be "nice" under certain circumstances. I've known of too many "nice" guys/gals who turn out to be liars, manipulators, back-biters, scammers.
 
applecruncher said:
"He's a nice guy", "She's so nice".

What does this mean? That the person smiles in your face, has decent table manners, and isn't a serial killer? Everyone can be "nice" under certain circumstances. I've known of too many "nice" guys/gals who turn out to be liars, manipulators, back-biters, scammers.
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Where I'm from, 'nice' is one of the best compliments someone can say about another person- pleasant, respectable, etc.; doesn't mean someone's a pushover or phony.
 

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