I know you are not honest

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:49 pm

so how often do you answer honestly to the question : How are you?

i know i must bullshit people at least 70% of the time, theres just so many people who ask " how are you" just to be nice, and dont really care how you really feel

Shaz · Post by **Shaz** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:18 am

Tough to answer that poll, Shir ... typically tailor my answer to whether I think the person actually wants to know or is just spitting out a standard greeting.

I'd have to sat that in most cases, I am honest about it and actually answer the question. I'll typically say (on a scale of great to shitty):
Great
well
pretty good
not bad
not too bad
pretty shitty, actually
... and finally ...
you don't really want to know.

Hylandor · Post by **Hylandor** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:28 am

I usually just go with "awsome", even on crappy days

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:08 am

well at least a few are honest enough to post here

The Mac · Post by **The Mac** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:30 pm

I normally say "fantastic" or "pretty damn good" or something along those lines, but that's because normally life is treating me well. And unless I've been having a really rough day, that's how I'll answer.

So i'd say that I'm 75% honest.

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:41 pm

i work in a call center, so everyone calls, and politely asks, i have taken to answer more truthfully from time to time though, but usually it just as meaningless as it is repititive

Styrofoam · Post by **Styrofoam** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:55 pm

i normally say "oooh, pretty good"

but its a habbit i picked up from my dad. Occassionally, i get the feeling i should tell someone the truth... and it sometimes... pays off in ways you wouldn't expect.

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:47 am

Most of the times i just say someitnh like "I'm fine, you?" 'cause I've noticed most people, like friends in school, don't really wanna hear the opposite or a long explanation as to why you feel like shit. My GF tho gets to hear the long version, heh..

RoamingMadness · Post by **RoamingMadness** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:00 pm

im shocked we have 13+ voters.

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:02 pm

i guess its an interesting question.. to me it is anyways

Dx2x · Post by **Dx2x** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:56 am

Never tell anyone you're not ok.

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:43 am

update : kinda funny
i just had a meeting with my boss,and at the end, she asks if all is well, i of course answer that everything is great, and ask her how she's doing
and she's overjoyed in telling me everything is great and how no one ever asks her that question
i guess its one of those things we take for granted

bonus points: weee another raise

Bane · Post by **Bane** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:22 pm

shiram wrote:bonus points: weee another raise

Congratz! So all ya have to do to get a raise is ask your boss "how you doing?"

RoamingMadness · Post by **RoamingMadness** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:22 pm

I dont know if this is a southern thing. But i hate when people do this. Someone will be walking past you and say "Hi, hows it going?" and you'll say something like "Fine, how're you" and they completely ignore your question. To the point i question if they even realize its a question. And not a greeting.

shiram · Post by **shiram** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:27 pm

Bane wrote:
shiram wrote:bonus points: weee another raise
Congratz! So all ya have to do to get a raise is ask your boss "how you doing?"

that and do good work

as for Roam, i think its just casual and embedded into normalcy, that its irrelevant
i know sometimes i just jump unto other sujbects if i wanna avoid answering