Hello, How Are You?

One thing that I just don’t get is people who can’t even say hello when you pass each other in the halls. There are quite a few of them at Our Law School. Now, I don’t like everyone who goes to school with me here. In fact, there are quite a few people for whom the old ant hill and honey treatment would be too good. But we’re all grown ups. Short of someone who killed your puppy or pushed your grandmother down the stairs, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to greet each other cordially in the halls, especially if you run into them out of the law building.

I think my new passive aggressive fun is going to be purposely greeting the people who do this. How much of a jerk do you have to be to totally ignore someone who says hi to you directly? Makes you look like a jackass if you do. It’s sort of a variant of the “kill ‘em with kindness” school of thought.