Good lord. I register about as far as possible on the Introvert side of the Introvert-Extrovert scale. And I can still say "good morning" to my coworkers. Sometimes I ask after their sick kids or car problems, too. That's part of being in the world.

Oh god, no I didn't -- I haven't listened to the podcast yet. I do believe there are pathological good morning-ers, but 90% of people are normal! Or normal enough. Like, I sit in a office that a lot of people walk by, but I'm facing parallel to the hallway, so no one has to say anything when they walk by. One person on my team always says good night, and usually good morning, and that seems fine! I don't care that she does it, or that other people don't! Because we are all normal enough!

Huh. "Good morning" is just, like, acknowledgment that you are present and aware another person is there afaic. Which I suppose could be traumatic, but doesn't seem anywhere close to face-punching.

Wow, I say good morning a whole lot. Never seem to have anyone have an issue with it.

Random: I always know when my mail arrives because my mail carrier is always on her phone. Like always, every single day, she has her bluetooth working. How can you talk on the phone that much? And she talks loud enough that I can hear her easily. The dog doesn't even pay any attention to her. Question two, is this chick going to get brain cancer? Can't be good to be on the phone hours every day.

Now I'm going to go read that whole thing -- good thing I don't have a lot of work to do! Or interest in doing it.

Why am I so tired?

Now I'm going to go read that whole thing -- good thing I don't have a lot of work to do! Or interest in doing it.

Seriously, there are some angry, angry commenters.

Random: I always know when my mail arrives because my mail carrier is always on her phone. Like always, every single day, she has her bluetooth working. How can you talk on the phone that much? And she talks loud enough that I can hear her easily.

Our mail carrier always has a radio going, which is entertaining, for the 5-second snippet I hear.

I could see listening to music or podcasts as a mail carrier. But who else has time to talk to you on the phone that much and what do you even have to say??

I think "good morning" is fine—it doesn't demand any response other than possibly a "good morning" in return! It's not even like "how are you?" Where there's supposed to be this polite fiction that everyone always answers "fine" and doesn't care about the response and it gets weird sometimes!

Argh, three different accounts having crises and I haven't had my lunch! ARGH I SAY

But who else has time to talk to you on the phone that much and what do you even have to say??

Yeah, I feel like some people are always on the phone now, and I don't get it! Or, if not "always," at least "regularly" -- like my friend with a long driving commute spends most of it on the phone?? That's the real extrovert/introvert dividing line!

I sympathize with not wanting to waste time on chit-chat in the mornings, but saying "good morning" as you walk past someone's desk is like, the bare minimum acceptable level of human contact for maintaining office relationships.