Are people asking 'Can I ask just one thing?' a lot more often?

I've been seeing the phrase "Hey, can I ask just one thing?" way more often lately, and it feels like people keep using that exact phrase to talk to me and it happens multiple times... 😭😭 It's getting really annoying to be asked "Can I ask just one thing?" over and over again, so I tell them to stop, but they just do it again right away 😭😭 Ugh, what should I do?? I even try to edit the sentence to remove it, but they still say it again 😭😭