Here are a couple more I forgot to mention… last year
“Have you dined with us before?” As if this particular restaurant experience is going to be so outrageously different from every other restaurant I’ve ever visited. Answered in the negatory, one is subjected to a lengthy introduction to the novel idea of ‘sharing plates,’ WOW! — or whatever other super-new, pretentious concept they think they offer. It’s food at a restaurant. End of story.
“Are you still working on that?” No. I’m not working. I’m enjoying my meal at a leisurely pace, and if you dare ask again, I will stab you with my fork. An even worse version of this is “Are WE still working on that?” We? Am I suddenly a patient at a hospital, and you now my nurse? GTFOWT!