Definitely a boring reply. Spice it up, say something unexpected, or draw him into a story about something that happened today. If it's been a boring day, start doing something that might be marginally interesting to talk about.
"How's life treating you?"
"Well, my cat just knocked a full glass of water off my desk onto the floor, the little monster" "Great, I was just studying how penguins huddle together to stay warm and they're really cute"
I mean, go into pretty much anything your interested in.
Meh- it's a decent start, nothing less, but nothing more.
If you want to elicit more of a response from someone- anyone- you can do that more easily by asking "open-ended" questions or providing "open-ended" requests.
A couple of Examples: 1. If you respond that everything is the same old same old, and while that may be true, he certainly isn't going to be led to bust a hump giving any type of a detailed reply back to you! 2. If you ask, "How is your day today?", his answer will be along one of these three - - - Good, meh, bad. End of conversation. Instead, make an open-ended request and say, "Tell me about your day so far, Bubba (or whatever his name is)." If he still comes back with "It's been OK, I guess", have him tell you why it wasn't that good. Ask him if he had to design a "perfect day", how would that day shape up? Can't very well answer those with one-word replies.
I'm big on humor so to me it is a little dull, but maybe he is up for it? Personally I would have been like
Do you remember that scene in Pulp Fiction where they are in the pawn shop and they have Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis tied up and there is a gimp in there?
Yeah, its nothing like that. Mostly I just slept in. I'm not sure why I even brought that movie scene up, but comparing my day to Sleeping Beauty sounded dull in comparison
