I have a reverse problem and don't know how to handle tactfully. As a customer, I respond to a cashier's question of how are you doing, with well and how are you? Then for what seems like eternity, I get their long, drawn out background. I see the line forming behind me and truly don't know what to do. I don't want to be rude and find I simply stand there and smile moving my head up and down. It would appear to the people at the end of the line I'm chatting, when if fact, I'm having to listen.
My husband says I'm like a magnet and attract this type of response. After many years I'm trying to change my response to how are you, to well and thank you for asking. It isn't easy, but seeing this thread, I need to work on this a bit.
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