How is saying hello, goodbye and answering questions rude, ignorant, weird, shows a lack of manners/politeness, hard work, lacking social skills, an ignorant ass etc? Or they have to be on a spectrum or have some other 'acceptable' health issue?
What is so wrong is saying fine when someone asks you if you're ok? Would it be better if the other person went into their sometimes, extremely personal problems?
It's the middle of winter and someone says it's cold. Really, thanks for letting me know this. It's such phenomenon news.
Oh you mean you want to hear 'yea I know'. Why? Is it even really worthy of an answer?
Now if in the middle of a heatwave and it suddenly started snowing, then yea people want to know about it.
Do you (general) love the sound of your own voice, that you have to talk about such minor things?
And when I was employed, I would have loved any of my bosses to come and say look FFS your work is whatever, blah, blah, blah, but really you have to participate more in small talk because it makes you look unprofessional. Oh, it's not about how you communicate in company-related things. Just more small talk. If you're asked how you are, please take this as a clear indication that people want to know what's going on medically. Be encouraging when someone points out to you, after you arrived in a coat and hat, that it's cold outside. I know we don't have an actual company policy about it, but you know.