I'm gonna give them the real answer and make them wish they never asked.

(context: i work in IT on help desk and talk to people on the phone)

  • Chronicon [they/them]
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    6 months ago

    I don't mind the ritual and all that really, it's when people treat it as completely devoid of meaning that I get annoyed. Like it can be idle chit chat, I can be as responsive or generic as I want with it, I can just lie and say fine, or it can spur further conversation, that's all cool!

    It's people that go "no you're supposed to completely ignore it and just treat it as if they said 'hey'" that drive me batty. Or who insist the only acceptable answer is "good"