[–] tanzmeister [S] ago
I want to encourage them to be more genuine and perhaps make the environment in which I work a better community? I realize that most people are just there for the paycheck, but why pretend?
[–] Ripley_Riae 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How are you?- I'm fine
Up to much recently/Whats new with you- Same old same old
Not exactly hard
[–] tanzmeister [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
See, how would someone I don't know have any idea what my "same old same old" is? Sorry for being so cynical, but it's a conversation based on nothing.
[–] wayne 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It sounds like you're just wanting everyone who isn't heavily invested in a heart-felt answer from you to say something to the effect of, "Greetings, fellow person!" and then walk past you. That said, this is a "you" issue, not a "them" issue. Learn to operate in the society you live in. If you are concerned with pointing out how fake and hollow someone sounds in normal, everyday small talk, you're going to make a lot of enemies and no difference.
How about building relationships so that when they ask, they have a reason to care about the relationship? I can tell you that if someone responded to a casual "Hey man, how's it going?" with something like, "Why does it matter to you? You don't know me and wouldn't care if I told you." I would just completely cut off conversation with that person, as much as possible.
Maybe that's what you want.
That's a stupid thing to want.
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago
Sorry for coming off so negative. It's just, all day I hear conversations about nothing and it grinds me down. It makes me wonder how long I have before I'm perfectly fine with those kind of interactions.
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[–] tanzmeister [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't really consider canned greetings to be the same as giving a shit. They would have said the same thing no matter who passed them.
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[–] oozeling ago
Why do you keep mentioning autism, if you don't mind my asking? ARE you autistic, or are you using it as the new "retarded"?
[–] tanzmeister [S] ago (edited ago)
It was originally just a joke, but I forgot this is the internet.