"I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there…

“I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on the newsgroup comp.sys.mac.misc on November 8, 1996.

“I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don’t want to see your ugly mug every day” was posted on Twitter by Emogene Toan on December 26, 2013.

Google Groups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Mac OS running under Windows ?
Jim Fitch
11/8/96
(...)
I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day.

Google Groups: comp.sys.mac.apps
SoftWindows 3 Hangs using CDs
Jim Fitch
1/1/97
(...)
I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day.

Google Books
Cross (Also Published as Alex Cross)
By James Patterson
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company
2006
Pg. ?:
I heard Captain Moran say, “I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day.”

Google Books
Ha!
By James Ryan
Dance-A-Runi Press
2011
Pg. 19:
I’d tell you to go to hell but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day.

23 December 2011, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “Mouthing Off” by Marty Smith, pg. 18:
INSIGHT
“I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don’t want to see you every day.” - T-shirt message

Twitter
Emogene Toan
@EmogeneToan9746
I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don’t want to see your ugly mug every day
3:33 PM - 26 Dec 2013

Google Books
The Sarcasm Handbook
By Lawrence Dorfman
New York, NY: SKyhorse Publishing
2017
Pg. ?:
“I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don’t want to see your ugly mug every day.” —UNKNOWN

Twitter
Queen Yoo 👸🏼
@QueenYoo_RP
“I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don’t want to see your ugly mug every day.”
#WYWSFinale
9:58 AM - 9 Oct 2018