Today was the first day back at work after the Thanksgiving holiday.
As is always the case with these things, everyone I saw asked the same question:
"How was your Thanksgiving?"
Eventually, I began to get a bit sick of it. My tolerance of the question went through four phases:
1) Participation - acknowledge and share some tidbit of your life.
"My Thanksgiving was great, Thanks! We had a fun day with amazing pumpkin pie and cherry pie!"
2) Deflection - make it about them.
"My Thanksgiving was great, Thanks! How was yours?"
3) Attrition - create some friction.
"Thanksgiving was fascinating. I am amazed at how you Americans can take an innocent vegetable and turn it into a killer by turning it into a dish that can cause a heart attack."
4) Aggression!
"Well I was thankful that y'all didn't kill of all the native Americans, so at least we can have casinos."
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