“Yo baby, you ever had your asshole eaten-out by a fat man in an overcoat?”
Y’know, classic greetings.
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Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
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.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
And here I thought this curse was British brainrot. No, I will give you a detailed account of my day to day activities unless you can learn to say hi or hello there like a civilized person.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It absolutely isn’t a global thing. Many Europeans get confused when they first encounter it from a brit or american for the first time. My indian friend lived in the US for a year and never got used to it, would still occasionally accidentally answer for real.
Then there’s places where there’s a set, expected answer.
Like Ireland:
Alright?
Alright.
France:
Ça va?
Ça va (bien).
That’s just my experience!
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I tried to get used to it but nah I just gave up and I just answer or ignore it outright.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same. I don’t give my life story or even a detailed account of my day, but I’ll readily say things like ‘stressed’ or ‘tired’.
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah well people from NY think they are special. So to them, this is an only them thing I suppose
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Gonna start greeting people with “Life fucking you with lube today?”
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
New yorkers love reminding everyone they’ve never left new york.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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.
scytale@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I unintentionally make people buffer when they say “How are you” and I just answer with “good” and don’t return the question. There’s usually a second of dead silence because they expect to get it back and answer. I’m not used to asking a rhetorical question as a greeting, and prefer to just just say Hi or Hey.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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 .