Annoying Things People Say

The following are things that people frequently quip, often with little to no thought. I will be the first to admit that I have used nearly every saying on this list, and some of them quite often. In fact, anyone who knows me well knows I ADORE catch phrases and random sayings that I can easily tack onto the end of my sentences in the hopes of preventing others from taking up the valuable talking space that I MYSELF could be filling. Heh. Just kidding about that last part… maybe.

Anyway, without further ado… THE LIST.

1. I am just the kind of person people either love or hate- there's no in between!
• Well, there are also the people who don't know you. Which is who I'd like to be right now.

2. Don't worry, I won't bite!
• Well, that wasn't what I was concerned about. I can promise you that when entering into the current situation that led you to inform me that you will, in fact, not use your incisors in a malicious way, that did not even cross my mind. So please excuse me if I look skeptical of you or your proposition next time, but I promise it's not because I am afraid of what you might do with your teeth.

3. It is what it is.
• Congratulations on just wasting your breath and everyone's time saying absolutely nothing! Perhaps next time, It won't be what it isn't. Or it shall be what it will. In whatever tense or negation you put this puppy, it still reeks of unintelligence. 

4. Well, I guess we're really between a rock and a hard place.
• A rock? Are they really that difficult to get around… I mean, maybe a big boulder, a good covering-the-tomb-of-Jesus sort of stone, but a rock, really? And what exactly is a hard place? Yeah… I don't know either.

5. What's done is done.
• Another quality breath and time waster.

6. Same difference.
• I'm not completely sure whether it's the word "same" or the word "different" that people who use this have trouble understanding. Either way, this saying is idiotic. 

7. No offense but…
• What follows this phrase will inevitably be offensive, but I suppose it's nice that they've warned us with some killer reverse psychology.

8. YOLO (You only live once)
• Well, let's not make this a religious debate, but many might argue that it's not living we do once, but dying. Regardless, this phrase is just stupid. And incredibly overused. Especially when it's just a justification to do stupid stuff that you don't want to explain. In reality, if you really believe you only live once, then you probable would not engage in whatever reckless activity or embarrassing stunt that is soon to follow. 

9. It will be a piece of cake.
• Unfortunately for us fatties who live for a bag of cheetos or a piece of cake, this phrase is never used when actually referring to cake. Instead, people use this saying when talking about something being easy. Which I think is a real affront to cake. Who decided that cake was easy? It sure isn't easy to make, and it certainly isn't easy to burn off at the gym after being eaten. So this statement is not only rude to cake, but also befuddling to anyone with a brain.

10. I don't mean to interrupt but…
• Oh, well if that wasn't your intention when you rudely began talking in the middle of my sentence, then what exactly are you doing? Please. This is just unfortunate.

11. It's always in the last place you look.
• No way. And here I thought that after you find whatever "it" is, you go look in other places for kicks and giggles.

12. It goes without saying that…
• Well if it really goes without saying, then why are you saying it? In fact, why is this entire sentence coming from your mouth? Much like the infamous "It is what it is" or "What's done is done" this entire phrase is just sucking precious oxygen from our world and returning it null and void of any actual redeeming content.

Well, there you have it folks. It goes without saying that there is no hope of getting rid of these gems. It is what it is. Once society picks up on one of these clever sayings, what's done is done and at this point we're really between a rock and a hard place, because even if we were to remove these sayings from common use, other inane ones would most likely soon replace them.

So, any other annoying sayings you think should be added to this list? Leave 'em in the comments, it's a piece of cake!

Megan