standard question syndrome

among family: so, what did you do today? did eat yet? what did you eat? what are your plans for the rest of the day? how's work going?

among friends: so, how’s your job? how's your family doing? what did you do this weekend?

getting-to-know-you-first-date questions: where do you work? what’d you do before that? where'd you go to college? when’d you have your first kiss? who was it with?

c'mon peoples – can’t we be more creative than THIS?!?!