Randomness

Random pet peeve - greeting someone with 'what's up'. That's gotta be the most pointless way to start a conversation, because you seldom get an answer worth listening to from it. I'm guilty of using it too, and that in and of itself annoys me. But seriously, how many conversations go dead at the very start because they began with 'what's up' or 'sup' or some variation of that? And it wastes so much time going through the niceties and it's so incredibly pointless --

bob - hey
sue - hey
bob - what's up
sue - not much
sue - what's up with you
bob - same

How lame does that convo sound?? And yet somehow it has become integrated into our IMs, and for some unlucky people it's gotten into our everyday talk as well. 'How're you' isn't much better, but it's a start.

So come on people, quit relying on your presets and be creative!! Use those God-given brain cells to start interesting conversations!!