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Re: Frivolous Poll - how do you answer "how are you?"
Subject:Re: Frivolous Poll - how do you answer "how are you?" From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:29:32 -0400
Funny, I treat the CEO no differently than anyone else. He likes to be
treated like a normal person. :-)
On 6/13/05, Wanda Phillips <wanda -dot- jane -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> It depends on the audience. <G>
> I answer differently each and every time, navigating in microseconds
> the complex maze of *who is asking*, *how am I?*, *what do I want to
> reveal*, *how goofy do I feel*, and more. For example, when I
> encounter our CEO in the lunch line and she says *how are you?* I
> always answer *As well as could be expected under the current
> circumstances, thank you. And you?*
> It dep
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