me: 'hey!' person x:'hi, how are you?' me:'not too good' person x:'oh ok. what you doing here?' me:'going to study' person x:'alright, oh yes, can i get your handphone number? i lost my phone sometime ago.'
it's sad how we make feeble attempts at establishing a meaningful conversation. in meeting random acquaintances along the street, it has come to my realisation that the words highlighted in bold are the three questions they'd ask you, without fail, in such an order. it irks me, that they ask me how i'm doing without actually caring for an answer. perhaps, a simple gesture - a smile or a nod, would suffice. the next time someone asks you how you're doing without meaning it, say, why do you care?
