Say What?

I’ve been thinking that it’s time for all those worn-out phrases we still use to catch up to the 21st century. You know: the ones we all say and don’t necessarily mean, like that old standby: “The check is in the mail.” Or what about: ”Oh, I tried you but the line was busy!” (Let's see: there’s call waiting, and voice mail, and text-messaging, and e-mail, etc., etc., so if you really want to connect with someone you know you can.)

Then again, lots of new, no one really means ‘em annoying phrases continue to pop up every day. Take “Listen carefully as our menu options have changed.” Oh, come on, get real: every phone tree in corporate America is changing every day? (Note to my kids: in the olden days, real live human beings actually answered all the phones; weird, huh?) Another too-often-used saying I could do without? “This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes.”

So what “we hear ‘em/say ‘em all the time” (but don’t really believe and/or mean) phrases bug you?

I'll start us off:
1. "Your call is important to us. Please hold the line and someone will be with you shortly." (Translation: go watch paint dry.)

Comments

I don't know about you, but car commercials really start to bug me. They always say they're the best car, and they always feature the same perfect people smiling driving their new Nissans or whatever other "best car".

"It doesn't clog pores"

"Results may differ" LOL!

"Side effects include..."

"Service with a personal touch"

Ever get the feeling no one really cares "How are you?" when they ask it?

would you like that cappucino wet or dry???
whip?
would you like a piping hot muffin today?

so that's a wet-tall-sprinkle-of cinnamon-cap to go minus the whip with a super duper low fat lemon delight poundcake
pull forward and I'll repeat it all again and ask you what you are up to today while I swipe 9 dollars on your card