Two Expressions That Aren't Going To Get You A Compliment

The first is, "Can I be honest with you?" Never, are you going to get that line followed by ,"I think you're a great guy and I wanted you to know that." It's usually, "I loathe the ground that you walk on and hope that you die a slow, painful death."

The second is, "No offense but...:" I had a kid in high-school say this,"No offense but I never really liked you." What do you follow that with? I just said, "Non taken."

When you say "no offense" it doesn't give you carte blanche to say whatever you want because when you say 'no offense' it's going to be offensive. That kid from high-school was a douche anyway and I'm just glad I got that story out of him.