when someone says something to you in passing

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I find the whole business confusing. Often it's expected I say their name back ("Hi, X.") and I can't even recognize their face or just forget and say "Hi" without smiling because I forgot that, too. Maybe that's why people think I'm so serious hehe.
If I get told something other than a standard greeting in passing, it's like the joke about the two psychoanalysts who meet on the street: One says "Hello" to the other, who wonders what he meant by that.

Are you sure he isn't joking? It's a stereotype we find funny - for two people with exaggerated accents to say "How do you do?" to each other.

As for the main point of this thread: I really wish people wouldn't do that.