(December 5, 2012 at 2:34 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: People asking "how are you" as a greeting. Seriously don't ask that of me unless you are prepared for a half hour lecture on how my toes is not fully healed.
99.9% of the time I just say 'fine', no matter how awful of a day it has been. It is annoying unless the person genuinely cares, and isn't just substituting out "what's up?" (Which is another anoyying phrase. How do you respond to that? With another what's up? Isn't it rhetorical?)