It’s funny, but unfortunately it fails the original intent of the response—which is to wish good health (originally of the soul) on the person doing the sneezing.
Is it really necessary to wish good health on the soul of people who sneeze? I took the ‘Ducks!’ suggestion to be basically completely indifferent to the existing trigger.
Not necessary, anymore, no. I’d consider the modern-day intention behind saying something seems to be “I noticed you sneezed, I hope you’re ok and not coming down with anything”.
I could see “ducks” generating hostility and/or confusion, if it’s obvious that you’re using this in place of “Bless You / Gesundheit”. This is more down to just people being weird, though; they also occasionally get upset or confused by me saying “Happy Hanukkah!” at the appropriate time of year.
My personal opinion is to not really care unless I am, say, at work and suspect my boss or co-workers might be offended enough to result in an HR issue, but it’s probably worth being aware of.
Is it really necessary to wish good health on the soul of people who sneeze? I took the ‘Ducks!’ suggestion to be basically completely indifferent to the existing trigger.
Not necessary, anymore, no. I’d consider the modern-day intention behind saying something seems to be “I noticed you sneezed, I hope you’re ok and not coming down with anything”.
I could see “ducks” generating hostility and/or confusion, if it’s obvious that you’re using this in place of “Bless You / Gesundheit”. This is more down to just people being weird, though; they also occasionally get upset or confused by me saying “Happy Hanukkah!” at the appropriate time of year.
My personal opinion is to not really care unless I am, say, at work and suspect my boss or co-workers might be offended enough to result in an HR issue, but it’s probably worth being aware of.