As a general rule, I will not be using this forum to complain about the “things I hate.” I will not be starting m(any) posts with things like, “you know what I hate about (fill in the blank)?” Actually if I did start a post like that, it would probably be ABOUT posts like that.
With all that being said, I am going to complain about something right now. Today, I would like to propose a moratorium on the cliched responses to, “Good morning how are you?” It seems like an innocent enough question, and most people do their duty and simply say “fine”, or “Fine, how are you?” I have no problems with this kind of exchange.
What I can’t stand are those canned responses that some people can’t seem to just leave in their car with the local host of the crazy morning radio show. So when I encounter this person in the coffee room or walking in a hall, and I say “good morning, how are you” I will get some variation on “Same sh*t, different day.” Or even worse, “same sh*t different day, smaller shovel.”, adding this little tidbit about the smaller shovel, indicating that, hey the sh*t is so deep, I am going to need a bigger shovel to get myself out of it.
Let me tell you, that is about one of the least fresh responses I have ever heard to a question. AND, it was a question that I didn’t TRULY want to ask in the first place, but it is my obligation as a member of the community to pretend I have an actual bonafide interest in how YOU are doing.
Other unacceptable responses to “How are you?”
The day of the week. If I ask this question and you respond simply by telling me the day of the week, we might have to have words. Everyone knows that friday is the day before the weekend and you are probably excited to start the weekend, but don’t give it to me as your answer. Same thing with monday.
Let me know what you think.
