And how are you?

[abracanabra]

I don't know how to answer when people ask me how I am. I guess the honest answer is, "Pretty well under the circumstances, but the circumstances are shitty." When they keep walking as they ask, I just answer, "Fine."

I am frustrated. There are 3 major things on hold until my leg is fixed. And I feel trapped, because I was working towards making some specific points of stress vanish, and I can't continue until I'm functional again.

Oh, but there's other stuff I can do.

Comments

[xcorvis.livejournal.com]

As a Minnesotan, I both answer and expect people to answer that question with "Fine" and nothing else.

[utilitygeek.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I drive people like you crazy.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Yeesh. That just makes it a total waste of air.

[xcorvis.livejournal.com]

This is true, but I don't mind because I actually don't want to talk to people I meet in hallways.

[prof-vencire.livejournal.com]

It's generally best to use the opportunity to first look like you're about to say something, look confused like you just forgot what you were going to say, then a pensive face, a look of understanding blending into terror/heartbreak falling into the face that comes before sobbing.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[utilitygeek.livejournal.com]

Look down at you knee, look them in the eye, and say, "Wobbly," in a stern tone.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Heh. Accurate, but I fear most wouldn't get it. Since I'm not wearing a knee brace anymore, I lack the visual cue to remind people I'm walking injured.

[half-double.livejournal.com]

When they keep walking as they ask...

This is one of my least favorite things about American cube culture (this seems to me to be where it's most prevalent). One of my coworkers and I were griping about it last week, so now we've started doing this thing where we'll walk up to each other's desks and say, "So, how are you?" And we try to come up with a somewhat meaningful answer.

When asked, I usually say, "Upright." It's true, and it's slightly amusing.

You could always steal the immortal words of my old bagpipe instructor: "Fine, as long as you don't want details."

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

That's a great multi-purpose answer.