Rhetorical questions that you despise

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I've heard quite a few of these, and like the rhetorical questions that they are, I refuse to dignify them with a response...or I answer them back with another rhetorical question. They don't seem to come so much from bullies per se, as they do from unenlightened people who make assumptions about us, are exasperated with us in some way, and refuse to learn about how our condition affects us.

1) Why do you insist on making simple things complicated??

2) How dumb/stupid are you??

3) What did I just tell you?

4) Why can't you just be <blank> like everyone else??

5) Why do I have to explain things to you, why can't you just read between the lines?

6) How is it that you're so smart, but you can't <insert desired action>??

7) How long have you been working here??

Why do you have to over-analyze and not just go with the obvious??

OMG I have heard every one of these things said to me!! !! !!

"What did I just tell you" is rhetorical?? Oh, THAT's why I always got smacked.

The one that really annoys me is when they dump on you for not reading between the lines or not just knowing magically what should be expected.


The other one that gets me is the simple things complicated. This reply general follows, me explaining something that is exceptional complicated to a person that desperately wants to dumb things down.

I was expecting "How are you doing?"

This one always stumps me, I cannot answer such a complex question is a short time without seriously leaving things out.
I try to narrow it down to just that day, but still, unless it has been an excedingly simple day it cannot be answered easily.

I usually just stand there looking confused and cannot say anything. The same people do this almost every day, it is hard to respect them.

I'm pretty sure that the answer to most of those is "Because f**k you."

the answer to most of those is a punch in the snoot.

I hate all of those questions. There was one time when a kid from my old neighbourhood walked into my Grade 9 English classroom and asked me, "Are you smart? Are you smart in this class?" I answered yes to both questions, because I didn't want him to paint me with his ablest paintbrush with that R-word.