Something must really be done about this 'hihowareyou' greeting. can't people just say hello....nice to see you, beautiful day, um happy you're still alive....anything but how are you? its maddening. especially when you run into 5 people in a row and they all say it as they're walking by at top speed....and you know they don't expect an answer but you have to respond somehow.
i must remember to just saying hi i'm just super today thank you so much for inquiring. and leave it at that.
my problem is that i automatically say, finethanks/howareyou
and people never respond because by that time they have to like turn around or yell after me and i kind of do expect an answer when i say it even if it is just a formality...just say you're fine damn it!
socially inept...but i do have good manners at least.
today i got in the elevator with this guy from the office next door who i have a tremendous crush on...maybe thats an exageration since i've never talked to him and instead of flirting with me when he walks by, his smirk could mean that hes laughing at me.... maybe i look funny, i dont know.
anyway i was desperately trying to think of something to ask him but all i could think of to say was "One?" and that was like half a second before we actually got to the first floor as my building is only 4 floors high. i did say bye though, although i mumbled it into the door as i was trying to flee.
grr thinking of that makes me want to slam my head in filing cabinet drawer. i always try to imagine myself being all smooth and sexy and confident, and in reality i'm awkward, messy and fumbling. and not in a charming hugh grant kind of way either.
i was just thinking that guy next door reminds me of henry miller. i don't know where my obsession with henry miller came from today. nor do i know how a guy i've never spoken to reminds me of him.
i must remember to just saying hi i'm just super today thank you so much for inquiring. and leave it at that.
my problem is that i automatically say, finethanks/howareyou
and people never respond because by that time they have to like turn around or yell after me and i kind of do expect an answer when i say it even if it is just a formality...just say you're fine damn it!
socially inept...but i do have good manners at least.
today i got in the elevator with this guy from the office next door who i have a tremendous crush on...maybe thats an exageration since i've never talked to him and instead of flirting with me when he walks by, his smirk could mean that hes laughing at me.... maybe i look funny, i dont know.
anyway i was desperately trying to think of something to ask him but all i could think of to say was "One?" and that was like half a second before we actually got to the first floor as my building is only 4 floors high. i did say bye though, although i mumbled it into the door as i was trying to flee.
grr thinking of that makes me want to slam my head in filing cabinet drawer. i always try to imagine myself being all smooth and sexy and confident, and in reality i'm awkward, messy and fumbling. and not in a charming hugh grant kind of way either.
i was just thinking that guy next door reminds me of henry miller. i don't know where my obsession with henry miller came from today. nor do i know how a guy i've never spoken to reminds me of him.
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Of course - easier said than done - whenever I'm around someone I'm really attracted too, I'm usually quiet as a church mouse!
OK - my ignorance is showing - I probably should know who henry miller is, but have no idea.