Every time
Every time
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Faking personal interest as a ritual greeting between business types. It's about as real as the greasy laughter they use for each other's often misogynistic tinted jokes when the managers gather.
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I've started to grow fond of the British greeting of, "y'alright mate?"
You can choose to either just greet them back, or if you want, you can actually tell them how you are.
When I started working with English-speaking people it was genuinely a bit of a culture shock that everyone asks you "how are you doing" all the time. The first time it happened I spent like a minute quickly going over my week. The other person was surprised/annoyed and it all was kind of awkward. It took me like two weeks to finally start answering "goodthankswhataboutyou" instead of trying to think of a real answer.
What I always think when people ask me that: "Do you actually want to know the truth, do you actually care? Or are you just wasting air asking meaningless questions?"
But usually respond with a "I'm fine, thanks. What about you?" as protocol requires 🤠😀🙃🫠