Words you hate hearing

Or when John Sterling would say, "We don't have a monitor." Guy pretty much couldn't watch the game from the radio booth for the last decade or so.
Not to bag on him, but some guys hang on too long.

 

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"Problem? I didn't say there was a problem. I said Thank you.
Now, say You're welcome. Go ahead, give it a shot. That's how it's done."

 

I’ve noticed that however I say I’m doing, the person on the other end of the transaction bids higher.

“How was everything today?”
“Good, thank you.”
“Great!”

I didn’t stipulate to great. I said it was good. Likewise if I say something was fine, they turn it into “good.” Or if I go out on a limb and call something great, they respond with “Excellent!” or “Outstanding!”

Is there a retail guidebook that says you must try and increase a customer’s dopamine level every time?

 

“At the intersection of…” for something not related to a road or road directions. Idiotic phrase.

fur baby
“Over the rainbow bridge” … eh, whatever. The pet died.

“passed away” … no, the person died.

Boy mom
Girl mom
Boy dad
Girl dad

 

When people pronounce "caramel" as "carmel." I want to take off one of my shoes and beat them with it.

 

At The End Of The Day

 

Torn Esophagus.

Unless you're trying to swallow a billiard ball ... WTF?

Dustin May injury: Dodgers righty will miss rest of 2024 after surgery to repair torn esophagus

 

“Oftentimes…” Uh… you mean simply “often?”

 

I’m here for my beating. I brought a bag of Werther’s.

 

Every time we visit my wife’s family in Carmel, Indiana, I cannot help myself from the incredibly cringey dad-joke of being Homer Simpson saying “Mmmmmm, Carmel, Indiana.”

 

Fair enough.

 

Good!