You don't have to worry about that

Why is it that everytime I hear the phrase "You don't have to worry about that" I pause and try to count to 10 before responding? The answer is simply that the thing others think I do not have to worry about is almost always PRECISLY the thing that I need to be worried about. That phrase has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves lately.

I am considering just giving in, and simply writing down the time and person who said not to worry, so that when it comes back that there is problem with exactly what I was worried about I can show them my note and continue to not worry about it. Of course that is not what would happen. I would still be responsible for fixing the problem, which is now a much bigger project because it was ignored in the design phase.

As long as I am at it. Please stop using these phrases as well:

Irregardless - This is NOT a word. The word you are looking for is "Regardless". Adding "Ir" in front makes a negative word a double-negative. And everyone knows from the movie "Stand By Me" that "A negative times a negative equals a positive, (again!)" Bottom line: Irregardless makes no sense. Stop using it.

All Intensive Purposes - The correct phrase is "For all intents and purposes." Stop saying it wrong.

I could care less - What does this mean? Isn't the proper usage "I COULDN'T CARE LESS?" If you can care less, then you are really saying that you care some. So again you are not really saying anything at all. Why not just tell us that you like to breathe while you are at it?

For all intensive purposes and irregardless of what you think, I could care less if you agree with me.

I need a vacation.