Don't you hate it when people ask you....

Robert1986 · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:04

how your weekend was just so they can talk about how awesome their weekend was?

Sometimes, they're just being social and thats fine, I have no problem with that but its the ones that go on and on and on about what they got up to that is annoying.

bledd · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:05

How was your weekend?
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JBuk · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:05

How's your weekend been so far?

LordSplodge · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:05

I hate to interrupt you but I've had the most awesome weekend ever...

Robert1986 · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:06

JBuk · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:06

actaully wait.. listen to how cool mine has been

actually mines been pretty poor as i've been working on my house

Freelanc3r · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:06

Just because your weekend sucked

DAnDan · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:06

Robert1986 said:
how your weekend was just so they can talk about how awesome their weekend was?

Sometimes, they're just being social and thats fine, I have no problem with that but its the ones that go on and on and on about what they got up to that is annoying.

Worst "I had a great weekend" thread.

Doohickey · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:07

Robert1986 said:
how your weekend was just so they can talk about how awesome their weekend was?

Sometimes, they're just being social and thats fine, I have no problem with that but its the ones that go on and on and on about what they got up to that is annoying.

You should probably pre-empt this by making sure you go on at great length about your weekend before they do.

That or walk away mid sentence. They'll probably get the hint.

PapaLazaru · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:11

Robert1986 said:
how your weekend was just so they can talk about how awesome their weekend was?

Dude, it is early on Saturday night. The weekend has just begun!

JBuk · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:15

try this in future

colleague/friend/family "hey, how was your weekend?"

you "****! now **** ***!"

James07 · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:25

Robert1986 said:
how your weekend was just so they can talk about how awesome their weekend was?

Sometimes, they're just being social and thats fine, I have no problem with that but its the ones that go on and on and on about what they got up to that is annoying.

In other words your having a crap one and you know people at work will be having a brilliant one?

Haha

SexyGreyFox · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:37

FACT -
When people ask me how my weekend was I have never asked them back and always think I should do when they walk off.

davedudes · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:39

No bloody pleasing anyone today, you ask a pleasantry and you get a backfire or abuse, it's not fair I tells ya.

mrk · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:40

lolRobert1986

Thankfully at work the people I work around are a lot older than me so their weekends involve looking after their kids or working on their boats so I don't have to worry so much, not that I do anyway

loltim · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:40

dmpoole said:
FACT -
When people ask me how my weekend was I have never asked them back and always think I should do when they walk off.

bizarre. do you often struggle interacting with people? :confused:

SexyGreyFox · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:45

Tim said:
bizarre. do you often struggle interacting with people?

Yeah, I'm hopeless.
Tonight I'll be gigging in front of 250 people and I won't say a thing on stage or when I'm off.
I don't know why my diary is full.

On the other hand I treat 'How was your weekend' like 'Not nice weather we're having at the moment'.
I don't see the need to extend the conversation.
Oh and you don't know me to say what you did, you obviously thought 'walk off' was walking off in a huff.

4T5 · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:48

Tim said:
bizarre. do you often struggle interacting with people?

dmpoole said:
Yeah, I'm hopeless.

dmpoole said:
Oh and you don't know me to say what you did, you obviously thought 'walk off' was walking off in a huff.

+

OP.
People don't want to listen they are just waiting for an opportunity to speak.

arc@css · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:51

The world's population are all therapists in the making.

loltim · 5 Mar 2011 at 19:58

dmpoole said:
Yeah, I'm hopeless.
Tonight I'll be gigging in front of 250 people and I won't say a thing on stage or when I'm off.
I don't know why my diary is full.

On the other hand I treat 'How was your weekend' like 'Not nice weather we're having at the moment'.
I don't see the need to extend the conversation.
Oh and you don't know me to say what you did, you obviously thought 'walk off' was walking off in a huff.

No I just think it's bizarre. You know you should have said something, which means you're not ignorant, yet you choose not to ask them. I can't think why? Even if you're not interested it's just politeness I guess?