What is it with the woman at the deli counter? She always comes over after I’ve been standing there for a minute or two, trying in vain to make eye contact with an employee, and says, “Are you all set?”
If I were all set, why would I be standing there in front of the deli counter?
A close second in annoyingness is when you’re talking to someone on the phone, and they say, “Well, I guess I should let you go.”* Isn’t that like saying, “It’s not you, it’s me” when you break up with someone?
Maybe next time I’m on the phone with someone and they say “I should let you go,” I should say: “Oh, that’s okay. I still have time to talk. No need to hang up on my account.”
Oh, and I’d like some prosciutto. While you’re at it.
* I didn’t realize how annoying this was until my friend Jessica pointed it out. Now I concentrate really hard on making sure *I* don’t say it at the end of the conversation.
My mother says “I should let you go” for all our phone conversations. Of course, in her case, she can usually tell when I’m distracted and thinking about something else.
I guess if someone says it because they know you want to be let go, it’s like breaking up with you before you can break up with them.
I guess I better be careful what I say from now on when I want to get back to my tv show
Was that me who mentioned it to you. “I’ll let you go” drives me crazy- especially if it’s at the end of 3 minute phone call.
By the way- your website is fun to read.
Yes, that was you who mentioned it. I hope you don’t mind being immortalized on my website for your words of wisdom. 🙂
Glad you like the website!
When I say it, it means, “I’d better let you go because I’m busy and need to get off the phone”. I think that’s more along the lines of, “I think that we need to break up because this relationship is not as important as the other things/people that I need to be doing at this point in my life.” But not in a mean way. Insert smiling emoticon here.
I have more if you want 😉