Morning

Whatever happened to saying “Good Morning” to one another? Are we all that lazy, myself included, that we just say “Morning” now? What kind of moron would think it’s any other time of day at 6:30am? I can answer from experience that it is in fact laziness, saying one word is way easier that saying the extra “Good” word. Plus, why should I assume someone else views it as a good morning, it could be the worst morning the other person has ever had! I guess “Morning” is just another politically correct way of greeting one another in the morning, although politically correct terms usually lengthen, not shorten the original phrase.

The other thing that has me going this morning is when I pass by someone and they ask, “How you doing?” and keep on walking. Other things that are said that mean the same thing: “How’s it going?”, “What’s up?”, and my favorite “Get lost assdart.” However it’s communicated, the question is never given the time for a proper response.

Here’s a scenario that takes place in any office when two people pass by in the hallway:

Bob: Morning. (nodding and raising his coffee cup.)

John: How ya doing?

Bob: Well, this past weekend I burned all the hair on my ass by….John, where did you go?

[John keeps walking not giving a rat’s fart about the question just made.]

Here’s how the above scenario should have taken place:

Bob: Good morning.

John: How ya doing?

[Both stop in the hallway.]

Bob: Well I had to stay up most of the night to clean up dog poop. The dog forgot where he was again and decided to drop a couple deuces on the bed in the middle of the night. That old codger need to be put down. I’m tired today and most likely will just stare at my computer screen most of the day trying to make it look like I’m being productive.

John: Bob, since you are kind of new here I’ll let you in on a little secret, that’s what pretty much everyone does around here every day.

[Both laugh and move on.]

A valuable lesson was learned when people took the time to listen when a question was asked: most people don’t do anything when they are at work and they are usually pretty bad at hiding that fact too. Some people just don’t care if they hide it or not too.