I hate the whole going to work and everyone saying "Hello" thing too. I teach at a Korean school and I dont even know the names of my co workers and yet I go to work and they say "Hi Miles" and I just say "Hi" back. I dont even know my coworkers names because they all knew my name since god knows when and I never told them my name and Ive never felt confident enough to simly say back "What is your name?". I dont even care what their names are. I know all my students names and thats enough for me. Im not looking to be anybodies friend.
Work is work and home is home.

There are new teachers that dont bother with acknowledging me. They have the right idea. I ignore them too.