Know It Alls

This post is completely unnecessary.  You know why?  Because it is about the folks in your life that cannot be told anything new.  Why is that you ask...because they know everything already.  You'll be able to spot these people because they will say something similar to one of the below phrases after you tell them something.

• "I'm aware of that"
• "I know, I know"
• "That was my point when I was saying such and such <insert any time before the current time - e.g. 'yesterday'>"

This works with almost everything you have to say.  I have even made things up before to test and see if they would let me know that it was not I in fact that was expounding on their knowledge base but something they had already learned prior to this moment (even though it is false).  This is most irritating (and most common unfortunately) when these people appear at the workplace.  It is almost a guarantee to spot these folks when:

• More than 3 people are talking about something
• During a conference call or meeting
• A boss is present

You can also find these people hanging around the "one-uppers" in your life.  I don't understand the need to make people around you feel like there is nothing new you can tell them.  Just another one of those things that makes me not want to be around people I guess.