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Daily Prompt Wednesday 6 March

What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.

It seems to be the greeting here in the US when you interact with someone. “How are you?” Asked by the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. They all ask but do they care, no. If you give them a real answer their eyes start to glaze over so you just give them the standard answer, fine and they say great. I really wish this wasn’t such a commonplace question.

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I hadn’t either until it got repeated with each interaction with a new person all day long. You check out your groceries, it’s asked, you go into the shops, the Dr office, everywhere. It’s tiresome.

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So true!
Walking nearly hand-in-hand with “How are you?” Is at the other end “Let me know if I can help?!” First even if it was something you actually could use help with, we most likely wouldn’t ask. Additionally, most often this is only said to dismiss the conversation/situation.

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Ugh, what a cringe question. What gives people the right to ask let alone think someone will answer a personal question like that. I’ve known people who have no problem asking such personal questions and it always makes me uncomfortable, not that I answer their questions.

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When I first came to the US I had not encountered the question “How are you?” / “How are you doing?” before. I answered as honestly as I could using my stumbling broken English. I explained about my anxiety for the test tomorrow but that my test yesterday went well, and that I was looking forward to my dinner…..well it turned out they really did not want to hear all that.

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Well it is a culture thing. In north Sweden, if you ask “how are you?” you are expected to give a story, but you don’t ask that unless you know the person well already. Here it means something different, you ask it a lot of anyone, and the correct answer is “fine”.

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The only time I like this question is if it is asked by a true friend. True friends care and follow up with support and empathy.

God had given me a few of this kind of friends. I am blessed to have them.

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