There are many problems that we face, because of a non-assertive communication, in this world of stressed people, living against the clock, some expressions are understood according to the state of mind. if we only learned a little to leave our heavy load of assumptions and live a little lighter, we would avoid more problems than they think; Yes because of the suggested phrases I think the root of the annoyance will always be the assumption. we should not suppose that we were tried to say or not, accept the comments, the positive ones, we apprehend them for themselves and the bad ones simply have to be discarded.
excellent post @jwolf ...