Funny human rituals

[Edwardo Piet]

Where I'm from around Manchester England people ask each other if they're alright as a greeting but it's not like proper asking.

I still regularly take that literally and they look at me funny when I actually address their question.

Then when they look at me funny I remember "Oh right it's completely meaningless. I forgot."

Perhaps it's more of a northern thing than a Manchester thing. I'm in the north east and they do it here too. Either that or they are looking at me funny or buggering off before I can respond for no goddamn reason.