Originally Posted by DadAgain (Post 10145053)

I've never been a fan of the Australian customer service introduction of "How are you today?"... As if the questioner has some kind of reference to compare todays response with other days. There's always much confusion if I answer with "Same as yesterday really" - or even more confusion if I ignore the linguistic inflation of the vernacular and respond with "Average." or "Ordinary"

Originally Posted by jad n rich (Post 10145170)

I wish someone would add up how much it costs business to start every conversation with

How are you?

Good?

How are you good,

Good,

Good

I'm ringing because.... ( obvioulsy its a bloody phone)

Yeah, no

Arrgghhhh :eek:

BTW too easy means it wont be done!

Originally Posted by abi31 (Post 10144870)

I say 'how's it going' all the time - I had no idea I was multi-lingual :p

It's only the more relaxed form of the British 'how are you?' which is rarely demanding a genuine answer.

And I left Oz 23 years ago but I still say 'chucking a uey' - that one sticks with you. I love the fact that the Aussies shorten everything - it suits my lazy sensibilities perfectly :D

Originally Posted by DadAgain (Post 10145053)

I've never been a fan of the Australian customer service introduction of "How are you today?"... As if the questioner has some kind of reference to compare todays response with other days. There's always much confusion if I answer with "Same as yesterday really" - or even more confusion if I ignore the linguistic inflation of the vernacular and respond with "Average." or "Ordinary"

Originally Posted by commonwealth (Post 10143385)

i've heard 'how's it going' in the US and canada many times.