"The thing is ..."
"The problem with that is ..."
"The point I'm trying to make is ..."
"The point I'm making is..."
"What I was saying was ..."
"The real issue is ..."
"Could you listen please..."
"Yes but ..."
These are phrases that someone near me uses in Every conversation, on Any topic, to Any person listening.
I find them to be rather confrontational and self absorbed (but then I can read the person's body language and facial expressions) especially as they come with a demanding tone.
They get used in ordinary conversations that get hijacked from a social trivia remark into a political, economic, environmental debate!
Question -
Am I the only one who gets annoyed by these?
