It’s 100% fine to be someone who doesn’t want to be asked randomly by coworkers, “How’s it going?” It’s less fine to be that person and work somewhere where th

It’s 100% fine to be someone who doesn’t want to be asked randomly by coworkers, “How’s it going?” It’s less fine to be that person and work somewhere where the culture values being asked randomly by coworkers, “How’s it going?” But it might be something you can live with. It might be a conscious choice to trade off short-term productivity in favor of long-term balance. It might be a way to weed out anti-social people who they don’t want working there.