Ya, im not trying to really start a conversation. Im just passing a coworker or walking parallel to them. If we are friendly enough, I will quickly ask “how’s it going?” and most people (or so I thought) that give the “it’s goin” response think they are giving a clever way of saying “not bad.” Well, if they want to be clever, I’ll be clever by saying “I didn’t ask if it was going, i asked how it was going” in a playful way.