"Hi, how are you?": polite or boring?

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They were totally in the right and they knew it. I want them to go through with what they joked about doing, where they'd actually go into a detailed and boring appraisal of every aspect of how exactly they are doing at that moment to punish people for asking. There's nothing pompous about wanting to streamline the show, and everyone would get used to it and adapt sooner that you'd think.

I also wish they had quicker hang-up fingers in general. Noisy phones and boring calls kill the show unless you kill them first. It's kill or be killed, and the hang-up button is their weapon.