It's not even 7am yet and I have already been asked three times, "How you doin'?"
It's one thing to be asked that at the checkout line in a grocery store, but when I answer the phone "___________, XXX speaking, how can I help you?" the immediate response I get on the other line should not be "How yoooou doin'."
It's not even so much a question (thus the lack of question mark above, that was intentional... I know my grammar) as it is their ice breaker. I am in the habit of not even acknowledging when people to choose to start out a conversation in that manner; in the beginning I would politely respond "fine, how are you?" until I realized that not a single person was prepared to be asked that in return.
I find it rude for guests to ask me how I'm doing without them wanting to know or actually caring about how I am doing. Do me a favor: just stop asking. Chances are, even if you DID care about how my day is going, I wouldn't want to share it with you.
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