Comment on Sorry to be a bother...
Caesium@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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
exanime@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’d just be drawing more attention to yourself… Or inviting a challenge
Caesium@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’d rather take that then yet another soulless ‘how are you today’
xor@infosec.pub 3 days ago
just reply with “no, i’m not”
weker01@sh.itjust.works 3 days 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?”
exanime@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You don’t think people would go “aww how come you are down? Let me cheer you up”?
Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 days 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)
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 days ago
"let me fix that for you"