About a year ago, I mentioned that I keep a list on my desk. Here’s another list of mine, but this one has only existed in my head until now. These are the Top 3 Worst Answers to Anything.

1. “You should understand that, you’re a smart person.”
2. “I was kidding, don’t you have a sense of humor?”
3. “Lighten up, it ain’t that serious.“

They all put whoever is saying it in a position of power, and make him/her an authority to evaluate (and judge) others’ intelligence, seriousness, and the quality of their sense of humor.

And to quote George Costanza: “Where do you get the ego?”