I'll do my best.

[abaris]

When someone wants you to do something you haven't done before, the best, most honest thing you can say is "I'll do my best". Yet somehow some people see it with a negative connotation. They don't want to hear that you'll do your best. They want to hear you say you'll do it. As Master Yoda says "Either do, or do not. There is no try". When did this start? Why is "I'll do my best" not good enough for some people? Does anyone else find this odd? Annoying?

It's one of these empty phrases, that's why.

I for one get annoyed when being asked how are you? Everyone knows perfectly well that the one asking usually doesn't give a shit about how you really are.