The obligatory, "Hi, how are you doing?"

"Maybe people only ask you 'how you doing', cuz that's easier then letting on how little they could care"

- Jackson Browne

 

I'm a really big fan of the nod, just for the sake of acknowledgement. No effort required. Occassionally I'll bust out the "hey" or wave if I really care.

Question greetings are definitely annoying as hell.

 

When people do the nod what is with the weird little smile they get ~ does anyone know what i'm talking about?



Looks sort of like this -- it's like a failed attempt a friendly smile that's more of a frown.

 

In my experience I have found that a "How are you?" ,or variation of, should be responded to with a different variation of the same or a similar greeting. For example, an appropriate response for "How are you?" could be, but not limited to: "What's up?", "How's it going?" or "How are you doing?. I think these questions have evolved into solely greetings which should be used without any expectation to recieve an answer to the question, but only another greeting in response.

 

I mostly just say hey. Only when i am interested how they are doing i ask more.

if people ask me how i'm doing i always say good. even when i'm not doing good and i want to talk about it with that person, it is just a reaction.

my other response is: i'm alive.

KingCheetah about that weird smile, i do that, it is meant as polite and friendly.(but it is not a invite for a conversation, mostly the oposite)

 

Typically, when people try to greet me, I just flip them off and walk away. But that's just me.

 

i usually say "can't complain"

i got it from my ornery Cajun grandpa, who usually follows this phrase with a litany of ailments...

"hey Paw-Paw, how you doing?"

"Can't complain, no... but i cant see good and my damn legs hurt"

 

maddox owns