"How are you?"

I have written two posts and deleted them. They just weren't any good.
I am feeling divinely uninspired. But I have also challenged myself to post every day. I didn't post on Tuesday, but that was for the reason of participating in life.

Today I have no reason not to post. I have been sitting here watching One Tree Hill on Netflix.

This week has been a big dose of February...but I am weathering it well...I think?

I guess I will briefly share the chip that I have had on my shoulder as of late. I don't want this to be a platform to vent. Because I want people to actually read this and glean good things from it. Maybe this is something that saddens me more than angers me. But often times it just makes me want to scream.

I work in the service industry. I work at a sandwich place. I don't like it, but it's a job...and that is another post for another time.

But working in the service industry can really suck a lot of days. For the past couple of days I have been taking people's orders at lunch. Say I see one hundred customers and I ask at least eighty-five of them how they are. "Hi (sir or mam), how are you today?" And so many people do not answer. They just go on with their order. I would say eighty-five percent of women will answer me and sixty-five percent of men will answer me.

I am not someone who is inclined to ask you how your day is. If I am asking you I expect an answer. I am a human being. And I am not just here to serve you. I am not invisible. I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

This is often what I want to scream at them. But I don't. I just smile curtly and take their order.

You don't even have to ask me how I am, because I am going to lie to you. But at least answer the question.

And I guess it just saddens me that we are all so wrapped up in ourselves and so into our electronics...and I hate to be "that guy" (blog title!) that says that. But especially in this city. Myself included. Me who lives with earbuds in his ears eighty percent of the time. But when did people start thinking that "How are you?" is a greeting like "hi." It's not.


So next time anyone asks you how you are answer them. That is all I ask. It takes a lot of energy for us to put ourselves at there. Or at least it takes me a lot of energy. So respect it.

This post underwhelms me. Please disregard.