I hate that too. It makes the speaker sound patronising, as though they're checking that you've managed to grasp what they've just said.
Bingo, I should have added this to my long list - invariably you end up with the stewardess taking your carry-on and stashing it miles from where you are seated and you cannot access it until most of the fkn plane has disembarked, so you might as well have shoved it in as hold luggage and waited on it at the carousel... Another one is idiots that sit in escape rows but have no clue and need to be repeatedly told they cannot stash their shit on the floor...
Starting a conversation with "To be honest" or "I'll be honest with you" Hmmm, you're not honest the rest of the time..?
Like snapping your fingers in order take the floor, the word Look commands attention and cuts short anyone expressing an opinion midstream An old friend used up use this method and it got properly on my tits.
One of my mum's friends had a fridge magnet that said "I'm not one to repeat gossip, so listen carefully..." A great opener.
Starting a sentence with “Let me be clear…”, particularly when you sound like a less likeable version of Zippy from Rainbow and look like a fat version of Kryten from Red Dwarf
To be be honest, to tell the truth, to be frank: these expressions serve to call into question their honesty, truthfulness, and frankness even if they were not in question before
or to bring to the attention of the recipient that maybe the diplomacy being deployed before wasn't being appreciated or recognised, and now is the time to tell it as it is. a wee example. i generally enjoy working with you but the buck stops with me. "SO...maybe now is the time to shut the fuck up"
There should be more than enough overhead locker space if everyone played by the rules, but there seem to be an increasing number of people who think that steamer trunks qualify as hand baggage and very few airlines that send such baggage to the hold as they should.
