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[joelseph]

Throw them off their game, next time greet them with a "sup dawg" and go in for the fist bump. It will break the cycle and it might make you a new friend, seriously.

 

[Zoe]

Usually when this happens to me I greet the other person back with a genuinely amused face. It's quite funny when a person I don't know at all greets me. I never greet people I don't know.

Same here. At my workplace, the company is split between two buildings, and the building I'm in is split across two sides, so there are lots of people that I don't know. The usual thing to do when passing is a small smile or nod of the head.

 

[Davidion]

What kind of shitty ass office do you work in?

 

[The Lamonster]

Seriously though, good morning sir. GAF loves you.

 

[bigmit3737]

worse is when you hold a door for someone and they say "i dont need you to hold the door for me" which has happened to me on six seperate occasions. five of those six were 30something women, and one was an 80something man

Where do you live? That's some really bad luck.

 

[Dark Octave]

Most people understand common coutesy in general, so if OP is saying that's a real issue, I call exaggeration. Of course, I and most poeple will revert "good morning" back on any normal occasion. Also, most people hold doors, or at least nod when the door has been held for them. This is almost a cultural thing, it's beyond courtesy.

For OP, it must be to the point where he's distracting and annoying if he's getting ignored to any recognizable degree.

You could be right. He could be the guy who is an annoying distraction, who knows. But coming from a job years ago where not one, but every last one of the higher ups turned their noses up to me and everyone else, I can't help but put myself in Jody's shoes on this one.

 

[Tom Penny]

I'm thinking they don't like you at work so they are not saying hello. I do know if the same random person kept saying good moring to me or a group of people everyday that they really didn't know it would be annoying. I do fully agree with your assessment of holding the door for someone though. You hear the person behind you and sometimes even wait a few seconds or more and they just walk through and don't say a word or if you hear someone coming up to the elavator and you hold the door open and they don't say anything. I know if it's a girl it's automatic -1 on that move.

 

[Tarazet]

its not always the same people. its random people that i dont know that work in different departments.

Then it's probably a "who the fuck is this uppity dipshit telling me good morning?"

 

[Dark Octave]

Then it's probably a "who the fuck is this uppity dipshit telling me good morning?"

People really think shit like that about people for just saying hello?

 

[Fenderputty]

What kind of shitty ass office do you work in?

I wondered the same thing. :lol

If I were you, I would continue to say "good morning". However, each time they don't reply make a mental note and next time be even more peppy and cheerful with your greeting. Kill them with kindness. If these people are really as sour as you make them seem, I can't think of anything better than to just continuously shove kindness on them to the point of it being malicious.


Then again ... a simle "well fuck you to" muttered under your breath might just be as good.

 

[Threi]

People really think shit like that about people for just saying hello?

yup.

Every time you say good morning to someone you have doubled your chances of a potential random ass-kicking.

 

[ltse1]

Throw them off their game, next time greet them with a "sup dawg" and go in for the fist bump. It will break the cycle and it might make you a new friend, seriously.

Don't pull an Andy Bernard.

I'm never the first one to say hello. I'll respond back with words sometimes, other times with a smile.

But look, your coworkers are minding their own business. They seem unfriendly, unappreciative. They're only like that to you. They give their close ones the courtesy and respect that you're longing for.

 

[MidiSurf]

I hate it too. But I charted all the people who responds to my greetings and people who don't. Now I'll just greet the ones who respond... Still it's about manners and leaving someone "hangin out" is kinda rude and makes you feel awkward.

 

[joeblackisback]

I actually say Hi to people all the time. I even make small talk. Not with everybody, but plenty of people I don't know. I never have trouble getting a response. Maybe you're just a dick and should knock it off. Or are you horribly ugly? That could be a factor as well...

 

[MidiSurf]

I actually say Hi to people all the time. I even make small talk. Not with everybody, but plenty of people I don't know. I never have trouble getting a response. Maybe you're just a dick and should knock it off. Or are you horribly ugly? That could be a factor as well...

Small talk ? I really hate that :lol I would never voluntarily start small talk with stranger but for some reason everyone wants to open dialog with me. I usually end up just nodding them and still it's just goes on and on. Is there any good way to get off from small talk situations ?

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Some people don't want to be working there - they dreamed of being Tom Cruise in Cocktail, but thier lives didn't go that way. No morning will ever be good. Pat them on the shoulder instead and say 'I know it hurts. I'm here for you.' Then carry onto the next rabbit hutch!

 

[Chamber]

Then again ... a simle "well fuck you to" muttered under your breath might just be as good.

This, except don't mutter it. Say it so everyone can hear you.

WELL FUCK YOU TOO!

 

[aesop]

Throw them off their game, next time greet them with a "sup dawg" and go in for the fist bump. It will break the cycle and it might make you a new friend, seriously.

This. I actually did this to the president of my company. Now, everytime he sees me he gives me a fist bump and says, "What up, Word (that's what he calls me)?" and pounds his chest.

 

[reaver18]

I'm a cashier and alotta times when I ask people how they're doing I get a blank stare. at that point, I go into "fuck you too then" mode and act like a dick.

 

[lastendconductor]

my favorite is one time someone dropped something, and when i bent over to pick it up for them they said "don't touch my things"

what the fuck??? :lol :lol where the fuck do you work?? :lol

 

[GodofWine]

there is one manager here that no matter what, if we pass eachother in the hall, he moves from the side of the hall he was on to the exact middle to make it so i have to turn sideways to get past.

I had a manager like that once...In the parking lot on our ways to our cars he almost tried it again, I stopped, looked at him, and said "Do not try this alpha male shit with me" and got in my car and drove away.

Never happened again...I established my dominance..we are just animals with very odd ways of establishing dominance.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

You what is even more irritating? Saying Good Afternoon or Good Evening and people stare at you like you are from outer space.

 

[lil smoke]

I had a manager like that once...In the parking lot on our ways to our cars he almost tried it again, I stopped, looked at him, and said "Do not try this alpha male shit with me" and got in my car and drove away.

Never happened again...I established my dominance..we are just animals with very odd ways of establishing dominance.

:lol ? Tell us more!

 

[funkmastergeneral]

I just stare at people sometimes when they ask me how I'm doing or good morning at work. The problem is I'll have like 10 things to do all at once and I'm thinking about them, then someone walks past me and does the "how ya doing?" bullshit, and it takes me a second to process what just happened because I'm too busy doing other things. And since it takes me a second I don't want to reply with a "Good, how are you?" because the time lapse has been so long it makes me look retarded.

 

[tedtropy]

You what is even more irritating? Saying Good Afternoon or Good Evening and people stare at you like you are from outer space.

Or when you say "how it's going" as you pass someone at the mailbox and they just start walking faster.

I just stare at people sometimes when they ask me how I'm doing or good morning at work. The problem is I'll have like 10 things to do all at once and I'm thinking about them, then someone walks past me and does the "how ya doing?" bullshit, and it takes me a second to process what just happened because I'm too busy doing other things. And since it takes me a second I don't want to reply with a "Good, how are you?" because the time lapse has been so long it makes me look retarded.

You should just scream at them.

 

[Dark Octave]

:lol ? Tell us more!

Well the unemployment checks are coming steadily, but they are not enough to pay the bills. I'm really hungry.

:lol I'm just kidding.

GodofWine did the right thing.

 

[lil smoke]

:lol I'm just kidding.

GodofWine did the right thing.

Am I the only one who got an epic invision of the Showdown At The Parking Lot?

That's like the funniest thing I have ever read on GAF :lol

 

[Kozmo]

One of my pet peeves is people who reply back all nasty when someone says, "good morning" to them. They'd say, "No, it's NOT a good morning". Since when did this greeting become a declaration of morning goodness? At most it should be perceived as someone wishing a good morning unto you. It's like someone saying, "Happy birthday" to you. Are they telling you that your birthday is happy? No, they're fucking wishing you a happy birthday - so leave your stank-ass attitude home!

 

[lil smoke]

One of my pet peeves is people who reply back all nasty when someone says, "good morning" to them. They'd say, "No, it's NOT a good morning". Since when did this greeting become a declaration of morning goodness? At most it should be perceived as someone wishing a good morning unto you. It's like someone saying, "Happy birthday" to you. Are they telling you that your birthday is happy? No, they're fucking wishing you a happy birthday - so leave your stank-ass attitude home!

Well if they're being honest, so be it. Maybe it's a fucked up morning, and you just reminded them of it.

If you arent interested in any possible conversation, then don't ask about someone's morning at all. Why ask if you arent sincere about it?

 

[freddy]

This sounds like a guy I knew once. He couldn't get why people had negative reactions to him and was whining all the time about it. The thing was he looked like he was ready to die and when he spoke to you it looked like he was in physical pain and it was a huge hassle. Turns out he was diagnosed as manic depressive a few years later.

 

[Death_Born]

 

[joeblackisback]

Small talk ? I really hate that :lol I would never voluntarily start small talk with stranger but for some reason everyone wants to open dialog with me. I usually end up just nodding them and still it's just goes on and on. Is there any good way to get off from small talk situations ?

Maybe small talk isn't exactly the right word. I don't always try and drag people into conversation, I just like making situational comments, and people will more often than not respond positively. Although if someone is pretty clear that they don't want to talk I don't press it.

Not answering is a pretty good way to get out of small talk situations, I think. Just stare at them and they'll eventually get uncomfortable and walk away. And probably make a thread about it.

 

[MidiSurf]

Not answering is a pretty good way to get out of small talk situations, I think. Just stare at them and they'll eventually get uncomfortable and walk away. And probably make a thread about it.

That would certainly cut me off from the small talk loop but just staring back would make me look some kind of weirdo... And I don't want that :lol Oh well, I guess I'll have to put up with it so I won't be social outcast.

 

[CHYME]

You are who you are. Just because some guy in a office says your not friendly or outgoing doesn't mean it's true. I worked at sunglass hut and was told I'm not friendly or outgoing because I wouldn't be plastic and fake enjoying hanging out with a bunch of morons when I would rather spend my time studying so I can have a strong impact on future science/medicine advancements

So fucking true.

Outgoing seems to be synonymous with FAKE as shit.

 

[Koshiba]

I think most people aren't morning people.. I personally don't even really talk to people when I first wake up. :lol

 

[Zyzyxxz]

wtf is this?

 

[GodofWine]

Am I the only one who got an epic invision of the Showdown At The Parking Lot?

That's like the funniest thing I have ever read on GAF :lol

Well...he was a 5'6'' twerp with a title...Im 5'11'' with 15 years of weight training behind me and also had a better resume (MBA), I also felt he was threatened severely by my superior pheromones...in any other era, this man would be polishing my armor, digging my moat, cleaning my horse etc...

After about of year of securing my place in the office, as well as with HIS boss...twerp man pulls his attempt at alpha male on me by walking between the same two cars I was..expecting me to stop, go back and let him through (I guess..).

Instead I sped up and our impasse occurred...I looked into his beady little eyes and delivered my ultimatum "Do not try your alpha male shit on me" in a Tyler Durden like delivery, very matter of fact. He backed up I, I went home.

My favorite moment of my life however is...once I actually stopped my car on a highway on ramp because some crazy woman behind me thought I cut her off and was flipping me off and shit..so I stopped. Got out, and yelled "You wanna get crazy, you aren't half as crazy as me!!"...my girlfriend was in the car...for some reason she went on to marry me any way.

 

[BobsRevenge]

Well...he was a 5'6'' twerp with a title...Im 5'11'' with 15 years of weight training behind me and also had a better resume (MBA), I also felt he was threatened severely by my superior pheromones...in any other era, this man would be polishing my armor, digging my moat, cleaning my horse etc...

After about of year of securing my place in the office, as well as with HIS boss...twerp man pulls his attempt at alpha male on me by walking between the same two cars I was..expecting me to stop, go back and let him through (I guess..).

Instead I sped up and our impasse occurred...I looked into his beady little eyes and delivered my ultimatum "Do not try your alpha male shit on me". He backed up I, I went home.

My favorite moment of my life however is...once I actually stopped my car on a highway on ramp because some crazy woman behind me thought I cut her off and was flipping me off and shit..so I stopped. Got out, and yelled "You wanna get crazy, you aren't half as crazy as me!!"...my girlfriend was in the car...for some reason she went on to marry me any way.

Christ you're an asshole.

How much of this post is a joke? :lol

 

[GodofWine]

Christ you're an asshole.

How much of this post is a joke? :lol

None...both happened. Im actually the calmest, nicest, easiest going guy ever, until someone pushes my buttons just right....then its crazy time.

Those really are my only two 'Going all crazy alpha male' moments ever. Oh, I went on to try to block that woman from getting off her exit too...almost...:lol

 

[levious]

Conspiracy Brother: Let me tell you something about the word "good," brotha. Good is an ancient anglo-saxon word, go-od, meanin the absence of color. I.E. it’s all good, which it is, OR Good Will Huntin', meanin, "I'm Huntin' Niggas!" So when you say good morning, what your telling me is "I'm gonna kill yo black ass, first thing in the mornin'!"

 

[Escape Goat]

Conspiracy Brother: Let me tell you something about the word "good," brotha. Good is an ancient anglo-saxon word, go-od, meanin the absence of color. I.E. it’s all good, which it is, OR Good Will Huntin', meanin, "I'm Huntin' Niggas!" So when you say good morning, what your telling me is "I'm gonna kill yo black ass, first thing in the mornin'!"

I just came in here to post that :lol


Too funky for myself!

 

[GodofWine]

Conspiracy Brother: Let me tell you something about the word "good," brotha. Good is an ancient anglo-saxon word, go-od, meanin the absence of color. I.E. it’s all good, which it is, OR Good Will Huntin', meanin, "I'm Huntin' Niggas!" So when you say good morning, what your telling me is "I'm gonna kill yo black ass, first thing in the mornin'!"

What? :lol

 

[McLesterolBeast]

he most likely backed up and has been avoiding you because he rightfully suspects you're not playing with a full deck.

And to people not saying thanks when I open the door to them I frequently say "You're welcome"
Most people get embarrassed and has to respond to you.
Try it, it's working really well!

It works well if you want people to dislike you.

 

[fatigues_gasolini]

I hate the fact that when you hold the door for someone, they hold their arm out like your going to slam it at them at the last minute. Im putting the effort into holding the door for you, at least dont let me see you be stupid.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Try a different approach. As your walking, doing this morning route to your desk, if anyone glances up at you, throw them a mean as scowl. Its all in the eyebrows and eyes. As your eyebrows turn inwards, keep your eyes wide open. Keep walking forward but turn your head as you walk by them, keeping eye contact and don't break off until an object cuts the view between the two of you off.

 

[GodofWine]

he most likely backed up and has been avoiding you because he rightfully suspects you're not playing with a full deck.

He was a a-hole...I think most red blooded males would have done the same with him.

Regarding the Good Morning thing (the topic of the thread), you should bring in 'Good Morning ' Cup Cakes or something, really crank it up a notch...or sing a little good morning jingle as you walk by them...tell them they should smile more, or that smiles are more powerful than coffee

 

[levious]

What? :lol

Once you've seen Undercover Brother, there is no other...

 

[lil smoke]

Try a different approach. As your walking, doing this morning route to your desk, if anyone glances up at you, throw them a mean as scowl. Its all in the eyebrows and eyes. As your eyebrows turn inwards, keep your eyes wide open. Keep walking forward but turn your head as you walk by them, keeping eye contact and don't break off until an object cuts the view between the two of you off.

You guys are funny today :lol

Just don't walk into the watercooler or anything during the big staredown.

 

[Mau ®]

I always say "good morning" even if people dont respond. Its me trying to tell them, you know, its gonna be a good day.

Dont take it too personal, keep on going and make them wonder why you're still smiling!

 

[2DMention]

Or maybe they're like me and they're just painfully shy.