Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Mini Musing
So I'm walking down the hall at work just listening to what’s going on and every one greets everyone with the "Hi how are you" greeting. And for the most part people reply with something like " Fine and you?" Why in the world do we do this its not like we actually care how the day of this random person is going is it? It's not like if they start to tell us a sob story of how bad something is we are not going to be saying to ourselves. "Oh man I asked the wrong person" So anyway I promptly continued my walk and greeted the next person with "Hi how are you"
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2 comments:
I like this musing...
I try to only ask if I really want to know and if I really care. Otherwise you will just get a "Hi there".
I tend to be one of those people that attract THOSE people. You know those people...the ones that can't help but spill their emotional wants/needs/desires onto someone else.
Although, I do love the Joey Tribiani, "How YOU doin'" :)
I do the same thing... I always say, "hey, how are ya?" What I have learned over time is when they start to take my question literally and begin complaining... I politely interrupt and say "I'm sorry to hear that" and leave the area...
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