• hark@lemmy.world
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    I like to stick with a simple “hello” so I don’t have to keep track of time (e.g. during meetings across timezones or even when I’m so scatterbrained that day that I lose track of local time) and it’s also less presumptuous.

    • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world
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      The worst is being corrected.

      “Good morning, how are you?”

      looks at watch “it’s 12:01pm so it’s good afternoon”

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      1 day ago

      People have accepted that ‘morning’ is my standard greeting regardless of the time of day. It’s even become a thing everyone says within my close friend group.

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        If its a group of people I just mutter bunch of things: “hi” “morning” “happy birthday” “merry christmas” (doesn’t matter what day or time)

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          6 hours ago

          As a teenager I’d sometimes just randomly sprinkle in complete nonsense as a greeting, like ‘wtf is oatmeal’, or ‘I speak for the trees’, and hardly anyone noticed

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            Especially if there’s a lineup of people waiting to shake hands. “Hello. How are you. Happy Easter. Gondor calls for aid.”

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          Same here! I was already prone to saying “Morning!” anytime, as is… but after working nights for years, it has become permanent. I stopped trying to figure out what time of day it is when greeting people, so it’s always morning lol

          But I rarely say, “Have a good morning”. It’s normally just “Have a good day”