Comment

Ive been considering getting one of these honestly. as an introvert there are just some days where I really don’t want to talk to people but retail doesn’t care about that and I need money. at least having some kind of gague seems better than just glowering and hoping i don’t have to deal with small talk

source

Sort:hotnew top

exanime@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
You’d just be drawing more attention to yourself… Or inviting a challenge

source
- Caesium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I’d rather take that then yet another soulless ‘how are you today’
  
  source
  - xor@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    just reply with “no, i’m not”
    
    source
    weker01@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Do it the German way and just trauma dump. I mean if they didn’t care they shouldn’t have asked.
    
    In Germany “how are you” is also smalltalk but you are not expected to lie. Just keep it short.
    
    “Wie geht’s?”
    
    “Nicht so gut gerade und bei dir?”
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
  - exanime@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    You don’t think people would go “aww how come you are down? Let me cheer you up”?
    
    source
    Psychodelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s worth realizing some people do not want to be cheered up. My understanding is the misery, for lack of a better word, is more comforting to many as it reminds them of when they were young (or they emulate what they saw around them as children)
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
- Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  "let me fix that for you"
  
  drags it to positive
  
  source