It’s okay, I have a few standard lines I use. Like “How long do you want me to complain?” delivered in nice tones. And followup. “I always give someone else a chance to opt out before I get warmed up.” with a smile.
I just love it (not) when someone that I know walks past me and says the “hi, how are you.” line with no rising inflection, so it sounds just like the way I wrote it. They don’t really want to know; it’s just what they consider an appropriate remark.
Interestingly, I’ve been able to use that as a shorthand indicator of someone’s geekiness. The people least likely to do this are the fellow geeks in my tech firm; the ones most likely to are in sales, marketing, or management.
It’s okay, I have a few standard lines I use. Like “How long do you want me to complain?” delivered in nice tones. And followup. “I always give someone else a chance to opt out before I get warmed up.” with a smile.
I have “I’m living.” or “If I complain, you’ll just ignore me.” or “I’m on this side of the sod.”
You deliberately wear mismatched socks? Yeah, I could see that.
I just love it (not) when someone that I know walks past me and says the “hi, how are you.” line with no rising inflection, so it sounds just like the way I wrote it. They don’t really want to know; it’s just what they consider an appropriate remark.
Interestingly, I’ve been able to use that as a shorthand indicator of someone’s geekiness. The people least likely to do this are the fellow geeks in my tech firm; the ones most likely to are in sales, marketing, or management.
Why bother with, “fine, thanks,” when you know they only want to hear, “and YOU?”
Yeah. Much nicer when people just walk by and ignore you.
Me when people use to ask me how I was. XD now I just go “Eh I’m alight” or “Could be better.”