Only in NY? Everyone knows that isn’t a question to be answered. It’s chit-chat, an opener. What’s happening? How are you? What’s popping? Not questions that need answers. You reply ‘not much’ and move on.
Fuck that, I will answer it if I want to. Yes, I know the socially acceptable pretend bullshit that is expected, but if they are going to ask I will be honest if I feel like it.
Usually I don’t because they probably just do it because everyone else does, but it gets really old.
Its not unacceptable at all. You are fine. It was a little unexpected sure, but hey at least now we are done with pleasantries and talking about something at least one of us cares about.
To be clear, I am also not against pleasantries. They are called that for a reason .
You’d think, right? But I have some customers that insist that I actually answer the question.
They’ll walk up and say “hi! how are you?” and I’ll say “hello”… And then they’ll look me directly in the eyes and say again “how are you???” rather than telling me what they want so I can get them through the line.
My usual response is to look at them like ಠ_ಠ and say “…I’m good? How are you?” to indirectly communicate to them that they’re being weird af. But one of these times I want to just trauma dump on these old ladies that do this shit and watch as they have no idea what to say, and hopefully make them feel awkward as I hold up the line to give them a genuine answer to the question they insisted I respond to.
Only in NY? Everyone knows that isn’t a question to be answered. It’s chit-chat, an opener. What’s happening? How are you? What’s popping? Not questions that need answers. You reply ‘not much’ and move on.
Fuck that, I will answer it if I want to. Yes, I know the socially acceptable pretend bullshit that is expected, but if they are going to ask I will be honest if I feel like it.
Usually I don’t because they probably just do it because everyone else does, but it gets really old.
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Its not unacceptable at all. You are fine. It was a little unexpected sure, but hey at least now we are done with pleasantries and talking about something at least one of us cares about.
To be clear, I am also not against pleasantries. They are called that for a reason .
“Yo baby, you ever had your asshole eaten-out by a fat man in an overcoat?”
Y’know, classic greetings.
You’d think, right? But I have some customers that insist that I actually answer the question.
They’ll walk up and say “hi! how are you?” and I’ll say “hello”… And then they’ll look me directly in the eyes and say again “how are you???” rather than telling me what they want so I can get them through the line.
My usual response is to look at them like ಠ_ಠ and say “…I’m good? How are you?” to indirectly communicate to them that they’re being weird af. But one of these times I want to just trauma dump on these old ladies that do this shit and watch as they have no idea what to say, and hopefully make them feel awkward as I hold up the line to give them a genuine answer to the question they insisted I respond to.
/rant
Gonna start greeting people with “Life fucking you with lube today, or is it lubeless as usual?”
Yeah well people from NY think they are special. So to them, this is an only them thing I suppose
New yorkers love reminding everyone they’ve never left new york.