aka eraser
I wrote the first draft of my weekly column this morning which turned into a rant about my #1 pet peeve. I won't list it now lest I wreck the fun for my subscribers but I got mulling about other stuff that bugs me.
This one ranks pretty high these days:
People who preface a statement with "I'll be honest with you..." or "To tell you the truth..."
This leads me to believe that most of the time they lie but they claim they aren't now which is probably just another lie. The fact that they're often trying to sell me something at that moment doesn't help their cause at all.
So I instinctively mistrust what the person is about to say and the person himself.
Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't be peeved. Maybe I should be grateful that they give themselves away so easily.
OK. How about this one then:
People who start message board topics and then change their minds about it before they're done. That really bugs me.
This one ranks pretty high these days:
People who preface a statement with "I'll be honest with you..." or "To tell you the truth..."
This leads me to believe that most of the time they lie but they claim they aren't now which is probably just another lie. The fact that they're often trying to sell me something at that moment doesn't help their cause at all.
So I instinctively mistrust what the person is about to say and the person himself.
Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't be peeved. Maybe I should be grateful that they give themselves away so easily.
OK. How about this one then:
People who start message board topics and then change their minds about it before they're done. That really bugs me.