Busyness

So random thought for the day for you all. I was at work thinking about all the niceties we put ourselves everyday. We say so little in so many words when we say things like "Hey how are you doing?" "Good, how are you?" but then I had to think that at the same time, don't we get annoyed by people who take that question literally? We get so agitated when we ask and suddenly we're listening to someone's story about the shenanigans they got into at breakfast when they stuck toast in a George Foreman grill. Are we really too busy for our friends and co-workers?