I’ve pissed more than one person off by responding with “Are you actually interested, or is it just a pleasantry?” and when they look awkwardly around and more or less say “just a pleasantry”, I respond with “The don’t ask questions unless you want an answer.” and left it at that.
9 times out of 10 my day is shit. Just tell me what you want and get out of my way. Small talk is for people who have properly functioning brains.
![Person 1: How's it going?
Person 2: Well, so far today I lost my good pen and then I spilled coffee on my left shoe.
[Person 1 looks visibly upset.]
Person 2: What?
Person 1: You're supposed to just say "Good, how are you?." and I say “Good.” and we go on with our days.
Person 2: But what if I'm not good?
Person 1: I don't need to know about it!
Person 2: Then maybe don't ask!](https://media.kbin.social/media/a0/ab/a0ab0360d6e6bddac6e4093848f1ce9b736048ac6b0c0e3dd0e1bce1aa777cde.png)
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