Thoughts on saying "how are you?"- Page 2
Thoughts on saying "how are you?"
mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
#25thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:53amGood lord, people. Aren't you familiar with sarcasm? It's rather rampant on these boards, you know.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#26thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:53am
"Along the lines of "Did you find everything you were looking for?" my favorite thing ever is when they ask you, "Was anyone helping you today?" "
When they do that it's usually in a store where employees receive commission. There's a place where I shop for my niece that does that. Even when I run in to pick something up and don't need assistance, I'll give the name of my favorite salesperson when asked at the register.
Updated On: 4/22/09 at 11:53 AM
#27thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:54am
oy vey. What's that whizzing sound I hear? It must be the point flying over some heads.
Off to work and have a GREAT day everyone!
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#28thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:55amnazis never get sarcasm. that's one way you can spot them.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#29thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:56am
This thread started out funny, but seems to have gotten a little too serious....LOL
blueroses, I do that as well.
KFTC!!!!!
#30thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:57amnazis also use "lol" in a non-ironic fashion. that's another way to spot them.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#31thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 11:58am
It's gotten seriously out of hand, agreed.
All I'll say is, generally (at least for me) nazi "jokes" arent funny, and if one is trying to be ironic or sarcastic, generally is received poorly.
"You see, I told you so! There's lots of things I know. 'Ponine, she knows her way around."
#32thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:00pmanother way to spot nazis? no sense of humor.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#33thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:00pmI'm assuming Shpants did not enjoy THE PRODUCERS?
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#34thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:02pmmentioning the producers? clearly not a nazi.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#35thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:05pm
Hogan!! 
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Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#36thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:09pm
"I wouldn't want to be waiting behind someone at Starbucks while they tell the cashier about their psoriasis, just because she said "How are you?"
I agree - but I do think it's possible to have a 'real' encounter during the normal duration of the sales interaction. If it goes beyond that - for whatever reason - then the problem is with them not doing their job, not connecting too much.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#37thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:13pmI only say "How are you?" when its ironic.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#38thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:14pmI just wear my ipod all the time and ignore everyone.
"This show had the WORST magnets on Broadway!"
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#39thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:15pm
"I just wear my ipod all the time and ignore everyone."
I hope you're texting, too.
#40thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:16pmI most certainly am.
"This show had the WORST magnets on Broadway!"
#41thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:18pmWhile driving no less
....but the world goes 'round
#42thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:19pm"BItch, I don't know your life" is one of my favorite responses to anything, ever.
#43thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:19pmanother way to spot nazis? they text while driving.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#44thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:20pmI'm a multi-tasker.
"This show had the WORST magnets on Broadway!"
#45thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:30pm
Q, I agree with you, and I frequently have very pleasant exchanges with salespeople and the like.
I'm just saying that I think "How are you?" is usually a greeting, not a real question or invitation to conversation. If it's clear that it is, I respond appropriately. Or inappropriately, depending on my mood.
Updated On: 4/22/09 at 12:30 PM
#46thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 12:52pmAnyone who shows the poor judgment of asking me how I am will get an honest answer, and it's not usually pleasant. Similarly, if a cashier asks me if I found everything I was looking for, he or she will also get an honest answer, which may be positive or negative. If I could, I would wear a t-shirt that says "Don't tell me what kind of day to have" 24/7.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#47thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 2:47pm
"Bitch, I don't know your life" is one of my favorite responses to anything, ever.
I agree PJ........
KFTC!!!!!
#48thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 3:02pm
A British friend of mine used to be so put out at Americans in shops always saying "Have a nice day."
He used to respond "I have other plans."
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#49thoughts on saying 'how are you?'
Posted: 4/22/09 at 3:10pm
I posted about this a while back:
One of the most annoying things in the world for me is being greeted with the phrase "Hihowareyou?" (run together as one word) whenever I walk into a store. This became extremely annoying to me when I was shopping at the Tanger Outlet Center in Riverhead and walked into perhaps 8 stores and received the same greeting in each one.
For a while I answered with a complete rundown of my medical problems, starting with my diabetes, and working down to my blood pressure, cholesterol problems, constipation, arthritis and retinal surgery. However, the older I get the longer my list of medical problems grows, so now I just respond: "Absolutely miserable. And you?"
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