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Friday, October 08, 2004
Lube Job
The KroMags love small talk!
Idler left this comment on the last post:
Jeez, I hate people talking about work and how friggin' busy they are.
It's like when I ask how someone is, I really don't want to know the details of their health.
Being Idler must be like being the gruff, grumpy characters in Anne of Green Gables all the time, the ones who always lash out at Anne when they first meet her because deep inside, they're kind, sensitive souls who are afraid of being hurt. Anne inevitably breaks them out of their shells and they blossom into happy, golden flowers of joy!
That's gonna happen to Idler!
Idler's complaints are a pet peeve of mine: I hate people who complain about small talk. Small talk, like gossip, gets clobbered way too much 'round these parts. Small talk, for most people, is the lubricant that gets a conversation moving. You start with small talk and if things go well, you move on to more substantial topics.
Nobody wants to talk about "how busy" they are or their work or their health, that's just the quickest way to get things started. The people I like to talk to are the ones who don't worry about saying something stupid or being blunt, they just blurt things out and off you go. The troublemakers are the people who think that small talk is an affliction instead of a valuable tool.
Which reminds me, bloody hell, I'm busy! And my head hurts! And I think Howie is sleeping with Heather!
Related link: Conversational Weaselese @ Circadian Shift
2:28 PM
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