My Father’s Brilliance

Today my Dad and I were discussing the insincerity of the majority of today’s greetings, how ‘how are you?’ is now not used as a question but as a replacement for the word hello, and how many times, the person who offhandedly asked this question does not pause to hear the response, considering it an unimportant part of social pleasentries. My dad’s solution was, next time someone asks you how you’re doing without waiting for a response, wait until they’re almost out of earshot and then yell, “I’M PATHETIC!!!!” – I thought it was great.