I am getting a bit fed up of the standard 2 second pleasantries: How are you? Oh fine thanks. How are you? Fahnnn-tastic. Okay, great then.

We just wasted two seconds of completely empty communication, while rushing past one another from Point A to Point B. Such is meaningful dialogue these days. How pleasant.

A more realistic engagement: How are you? Well frankly, absolutely crappy these days. Do you have an hour or so?
The funny thing is, when I've actually done that, I end up having a meaningful conversation with someone whose day/week/year is about as annoying as mine.