How are you
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How are you
Following on from "take care" , is this the obligatory greeting to echo the yankie "have a nice you'll"
Is it rude not to come up with this phrase on encountering , anyone ?
Is it rude not to come up with this phrase on encountering , anyone ?
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Certain phrases become parts of the etiquette and they need not be taken so literally. I'd rather say "how are you" to the ones I'm greeting than stay just dumb at greeting them. Also, by asking how they are, I'm showing interest in their being rather than just shaking their hand/ saying just a hello and acknowledging merely their bodily existence.
The ones that don't have much value for social etiquettes or the ones with limited social skills/confidence may find things like "how are you" hard to render/accept/hear.
The ones that don't have much value for social etiquettes or the ones with limited social skills/confidence may find things like "how are you" hard to render/accept/hear.
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You can't beat a bit of the "Touch Base" and "Going forwards" Brigade
I work with these type of Bellends daily.....the suit you wear, the watch you tell the time with.........it's utter BS
I work with these type of Bellends daily.....the suit you wear, the watch you tell the time with.........it's utter BS
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This has just made me think of the stranger cold callers on phone. When they try acting familiar with "how are you" to me, I feel like saying- "what's got to do with you? Why don't you just get real and get off my line?? ". In that context, I'm afraid it certainly is very annoying. That's where it has nothing to do with any etiquette but trapping people into their business by acting false to them.
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Obviously I don't have a problem with being stopped from a particular job, as my main role is customer service, I'd just rather a simple 'excuse me, can you help' (or words to that effect), than yet another stupid question. That said, it's still an improvement over people shouting 'you, over here!', sometimes even with a click of the fingers/point or whistle.
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Any false exchange is a bullsh7t exchange. I have energy guys ringing me with their opening crap like 'how are you today, madam?'. Not that they give a ferk how I am today, tomorrow or the next day. I also find that weird when some people you know bump into you and say- 'I've been meaning to ring you'. It's bull because if they did, they would have rung me at least once in the last year or so.