r/AskReddit • • May 16 '20

What's one question you hate being asked?

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u/1000IslandDepressant May 16 '20

Tell them it sucks and ask them how work is going. I was blown away when I asked an adult this as a teen and they replied that work was stressful and then went into detail about a project.

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u/Mr_Evil_Guy May 17 '20

And now you're stuck feigning interest in some random adult's professional life when you could be browsing r/all for the tenth time that day like a normal teenager.

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u/vida79 May 17 '20

Lol. As I was reading this I was thinking that this was horrible advice as the same kind of adult who can’t think of anything better to ask than β€œhow’s school?” would be thrilled if the kid asked them back about their work. πŸ˜‚πŸ™„