how are you?

A: " Hello. How are you?"


B: " How am I? How am I? You're asking me how I am? I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, was 10 mins late for my practical lesson, had a boring time with my instructor of whom i could not click with but can't change cars, went out without powder on my face, had haze for breakfast, lunch and dinner and i'm really feeling the high of it,went to school in a non-air conditioned bus and reached school in a mess coz the wind distorted my scarf and my back was all drenched with my own pespiration, suddenly realized that i am 5 days away from the date line of my 2000 words essay and also realizing that i have procrastinated too long, chatted about NP and spoilt my mood for the day, had a 15 mins graded assignment and wrote crap, finished school at 7 and buka with green tea only, had to wait for another 151 coz the first bus was non-air conditioned and packed, got the second bus 15 good mins after that, tried to watch 'so you think you can dance' on tv mobile but had to fight with the bobbling head of the person in front of me and bad reception, was relieved when he person cleared my view only to be greeted with another bobbling head, had to strain my neck to the left, the right, sideways, and eventually resigning to just sleep when i was hit by neck pain and headache, reached hougang close to 9 and unable to feel my own butt, had to run after 27 to go home, am finally relieved that today's over but dread again when i received a reminder msg abt tmr's post mortem on the failed iftar which starts at 6 and that means i have to buka in school again and have 2 free hours before the mtg alone for i have not many friends in school as yet. how am i? this is how I am? but i'm fine. ya. i'm fine. thank you for asking. How abt you?"


A: "Err... it's ok. I need to go now. Bye."


B: "Oh. ok..."

My point from this entry is..... the definiton of phatic communication is asking questions which are supposed to be rhetoric. In this case, "How are you?" should be answered with "Fine, thank you." More is vulgar.