It is such a common greeting. It is almost as if Hi or Hello has a mandatory 3 extra syllables. Most of the time not even a pause between. Hi.how.are.you? Hello.how.are.you?
I look in the greeters eyes. Is this perfunctory? Do you really want to know?
"Hey, I'm fine, how about you?
More tests this week. I'm as fine as I can be under the circumstances. But too much information for this short hello/goodbye session.
I pass another co-worker. I'm about to say Hi.how.are.you?
I pause.
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