Again, nothing against you if you dislike being asked how things are going by a coworker — but if that is the culture of the company you work at, there’s nothing wrong with it.
It might be wrong for you, so you either get a different job or learn to deal with it.
"How's it going" from your co-worker is obviously different from HR or your CEO or someone X levels above you.
As a long-time WFH person I always assume I am big-time socially inept (and I definitely am) but apparently office-dwellers (you) are even worse!
To me it is clear that Bill-From-This-Mornings-Standup saying "Hey, what's up" is different from Emily-Director-Of-HR saying "Hey, how's it going today?" is different from "Kim-your-bosses-bosses-boss" saying "Good morning. Got a minute?"
There are common etiquettes across cultures that transcend age/location/rank, etc.
Wasting people's time is objectively, universally bad. Even if it wasn't universally bad, it would be at least overwhelmingly bad in the context of a productive enterprise, which most workplaces are.
It’s 100% fine to be someone who doesn’t want to be asked randomly by coworkers, “How’s it going?”
It’s less fine to be that person and work somewhere where the culture values being asked randomly by coworkers, “How’s it going?” But it might be something you can live with.
It might be a conscious choice to trade off short-term productivity in favor of long-term balance. It might be a way to weed out anti-social people who they don’t want working there.
You may not like it, but the idea that’s objectively bad is your opinion not a fact.
What’s wrong with a company’s employees deciding they like checking in with each other and not having it tied to a specific task?