Sunday, May 2, 2010
"Hey, how are you?" "Good..."
"Hey, How are you?" "Good...". Sound familiar? I was walking to class last week and went through this exact "conversation" without even a slight ounce of emotion in it. Then I thought to myself, what a dumb answer. What the heck does "good" mean these days? It's just a cop out answer that means you don't really want to talk to that person right now and you would rather just keep on walking. I'm guilty of doing this everyday, but what if we really started answering people truthfully? I'm not quite sure if it would be a good or really bad thing. Because if it were a terrible day and I was asked how I am, I might just start cussing and say how miserable I am, which is not a fun burden to put on someone else when they were just trying to be nice. On the other hand, I like the honesty factor of it, so...I'm split. How refreshing would be it though to actually answer "How are you?" with the truth and have a legit conversation with someone instead of just passing the kind gesture by? So, I think my new goal is going to refrain from using the word "good" in response. I'm sure I'm going to fail pretty hardcore at this for a while because it is just a bad habit. (ps-If I get a ton of messages or people asking me how I am just to see if I answer good...how rude. haha) Seriously though, think about it. We're selling ourselves short I think.
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Here are why people do it:
ReplyDelete1. I believe most people really don't have the time to stop and have a simple conversation with some one but they want to extend the kindness of a "how are you"
2. they say good because if you said anything bad then you would have to stop and say "why are you feeling like you want to kill yourself?"
3. most of the time I don't even answer good, I just say how are you in return because I am still walking and truthfully, I probably do not want to have this conversation, but that would be rude...
4. people sometimes cannot handle more than good. what if someone came up to you and said how are you with no emotion because they were having a horrible day but they wanted to be nice? You said flipping rockin and they are like well shit I hate you now...
5. good is one of the simplest responses because it is only one syllable/four letters. quick, to the point, and we are off to the next person we see.
that is some of my philosophical reasonings for the night. I would rather answer "flipping jazzy" any day of the week but I would probably get blank stares back.
I agree to disagree!