Sometimes I like to humor the cleaning person.
It can take a while, I work in a high rise building so the elevators get a lot of work. Sometimes you're waiting for 2 minutes or so before one arrives.How long are your elevator rides that you need to engage in small talk during a ride? It's just "Hey how's it going?" and that's basically it.
I worried about that sometimes, but people I didn't think liked me teared up when I left! One of my coworkers just messaged me last night saying he was in the office and they were talking about how they wanted me back haha. All I did was in good fun. I don't think I made anyone angry, since I also did a job few could do and cleaned up after people screwing up accounts.This is the kind of guy you throw an office party for AFTER he leaves. :P
It can take a while, I work in a high rise building so the elevators get a lot of work. Sometimes you're waiting for 2 minutes or so before one arrives.
<them> Hey, how's it going?<them> Hey, how's it going?
<me> Good, you?
<them> *silence, walks away*
This is somehow with almost everyone at my office. Would it kill you to just bring closure to the meaningless small talk?
The best was Jan in The Office.<them> Hey, how's it going?
<me> Good.
<them> I'm good, thanks
(but I didn't ask you how you were...)
Wtf is wrong with our species? Imagine aliens observing us and being like "They can't communicate with their own kind because they get too nervous and flustered? What the fuck is that all about?"
<them> Hey, how's it going?
<me> Good, you?
<them> *silence, walks away*
This is somehow with almost everyone at my office. Would it kill you to just bring closure to the meaningless small talk?