Quote Originally Posted by Noctiluca View Post
Casual acquaintances who don't answer the usual "How are you?" question with "Fine!" but rather their long, current depressing life story in the middle of Wal-Mart.
I always reply "good", "not bad", "pretty good" or "yeah, alright" regardless of how I'm feeling. Because when people ask you how you are on the fly, they usually don't care and just want to say hi.