Its just strange...

Hey all, I have been thinking about this for quite a while now and I still can’t get over it. I am sure all of us meet and greet people everyday some of us more than the others but we all do and we get all kinds of greetings in return , when a ' Hello' is returned with a 'hmmm' usually parents or teachers do this when some kid is trying to butter them up to try and lesson the blow of imminent punishment , that to me is pretty normal but when it happens outside these relationships it doesn’t just result in raised eyebrows an arm or fist could also enter the equation. So you get the gist of where I am coming from and there are many such unique responses but the one that has me bewildered is a 'Yes' now this is a very peculiar response or a conversation starter, prevailing mainly in cricketing circles, or at least in Pune and I am quite sure it is still in vogue. Imagine this you meet someone and the first word you hear is a 'Yes' ....Yes??? What would you make of it? what would you have me make of it? It has been said with a large smile, a plain nod even a with a snooty grimace. One point in time, I very seriously thought the 'Yes' would replace the 'Hi' ,the'hello' or even the more traditional 'namaskar' well at least in cricket circles. It has had me in absolute splits , amused, bemused, bewildered even annoyed, Well why annoyed you may ask? picture this, you have just been given out which according to you was an absolutely wrong decision (it usually is) you most unwillingly accept it as fate, try and absorb, deep breaths, some clown waves and shouts a "Yes" half way across the friggin world , the same world that has seen you a minute ago , exchanging pleasantries with the Ump... then the ' Yes' happens ....followed by how are you doing? How am I doing!!! Wringing necks is the thought that has usually followed this sequence ,it has happened a few times. I am still trying to come to terms with what it actually means but since I am no authority on a 'hello' or a 'hi' either I have bided my time to get a suitable and convincing explanation, which unfortunately hasn't been forthcoming, if anyone one of has an answer for me do help me out and get in touch, I hope this is explanation enough for everyone to consider that my actions are reactions and that in the future when I am sure to be confronted with another "yes" its the greeting not person that the reaction is directed at. Hopefully the very few that read this would be around to save grace .....'Just Thoughts'