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Annoying things that people say

electra

A question for the autsitc people on the forums:

What figures of speech or expressions really bug you? For me its when people say 'You're joking!' when I've just told them something serious and am clearly not joking.

For instance I'll tell my boss that a bit of equipment has broken down and what does he say? 'You're joking!'. Why does he keep doing this, there's nothing remotely humourous in what I've said and I'm waiting for his instructions on what to do! And its not rhetorical because he waits for a response after saying it and I then say I'm not joking.

Another pet hate is are 'How are you?' when the questioner doesn't really want an honest reply.

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  • People talking about 'body language' when they actually mean facial expressions.

    People telling me to 'stop being sorry for yourself' when I'm in the middle of a meltdown.  Don't know what the heck that's supposed to mean: sounds like I've split into two people, one of whom's upset, and one who's standing next to them going 'there there, poor thing'. Actually the middle of a meltdown is the time I'm least able to be detached and least able to stop acting upset, so anybody who wants to say this to me, please wait until I'm calm and can discuss what exactly you mean and if I can do anything about it.

    People (in London) who say 'sorry' before barging past you. If you were really sorry you wouldn't do it. The correct phrase is 'excuse me' with time allowed for the person to move.  Sorry should be for AFTER you've accidentaly bumped someone.

    An advert at the moment, that says a kid's snack is 'made from ingredients like chocolate, wheat and eggs'.  So it's made from carob, cornmeal and ground fish scale merigue substitute is it?

    People who tell me to turn a knob or a screw 'to the left' or 'to the right'.  But if it's circular, then if the 'top' is going left, then the 'bottom' is going right, and vice versa.  So which area of it do you want going in that direction?  I have to ask them if they want clockwise or anticlockwise, but apparently most people just know?!?

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  • People talking about 'body language' when they actually mean facial expressions.

    People telling me to 'stop being sorry for yourself' when I'm in the middle of a meltdown.  Don't know what the heck that's supposed to mean: sounds like I've split into two people, one of whom's upset, and one who's standing next to them going 'there there, poor thing'. Actually the middle of a meltdown is the time I'm least able to be detached and least able to stop acting upset, so anybody who wants to say this to me, please wait until I'm calm and can discuss what exactly you mean and if I can do anything about it.

    People (in London) who say 'sorry' before barging past you. If you were really sorry you wouldn't do it. The correct phrase is 'excuse me' with time allowed for the person to move.  Sorry should be for AFTER you've accidentaly bumped someone.

    An advert at the moment, that says a kid's snack is 'made from ingredients like chocolate, wheat and eggs'.  So it's made from carob, cornmeal and ground fish scale merigue substitute is it?

    People who tell me to turn a knob or a screw 'to the left' or 'to the right'.  But if it's circular, then if the 'top' is going left, then the 'bottom' is going right, and vice versa.  So which area of it do you want going in that direction?  I have to ask them if they want clockwise or anticlockwise, but apparently most people just know?!?

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