I hate the question "how is it going ?", and told about its hypocrisy to my boss and relatives.
They happen to use it a lot where i'm, at the opposite of my native land. And after that they themselves "cool and welcoming people" (at the opposite of my native land's). curse them.
Sounds like how I felt at my last job. I left for a job with a much lesser stress level. My previous employer is having trouble finding employees to replace the ones that leave (25-40% turnover).