Small talk.
Small talk; chit-chat; babble; idle talk; natter; etc, etc, etc ...
I seem to be completely and utterly incapable of it. Especially when it's in a 1-on-1 situation. If two or more people are sitting across the table from me, then I'm fine - I'll be able to feed off the chit-chat between those people, and participating will not be a problem. It's when I'm the one who has to make conversation when the trouble starts.
It's not that I'm overly shy, because I'm not, really (while I admit to not being the most outgoing person alive); I am simply incapable of chatting about the weather for 7 minutes, followed by a conversation concerning the ridiculous gasoline-prices that lasts for 11 minutes, which then segues into a thorough analysis of the waitress' wardrobe, only to close off with a 4 minute discussion on which bus we should take on the way home.
I cannot do it. This is the main reason why I so intensely hate birthdays. It just all seems like a brutal waste of time to me.
Now, it's not that I don't have fun when I'm 1-on-1 with someone else, au contraire; give me a good subject, and I'll talk your ears off. Nine times out of ten I'll have a hoot, and uncomfortable silences only (sporadically) occur with people I don't know, and who (as a logical result) don't know me.
But still. It can be pretty annoying, at times. But on the other hand, I sometimes sit there, on birthdays for example, listening to this chit-chat, and I praise the lord for my inability to talk about nothing.
Cheers
I seem to be completely and utterly incapable of it. Especially when it's in a 1-on-1 situation. If two or more people are sitting across the table from me, then I'm fine - I'll be able to feed off the chit-chat between those people, and participating will not be a problem. It's when I'm the one who has to make conversation when the trouble starts.
It's not that I'm overly shy, because I'm not, really (while I admit to not being the most outgoing person alive); I am simply incapable of chatting about the weather for 7 minutes, followed by a conversation concerning the ridiculous gasoline-prices that lasts for 11 minutes, which then segues into a thorough analysis of the waitress' wardrobe, only to close off with a 4 minute discussion on which bus we should take on the way home.
I cannot do it. This is the main reason why I so intensely hate birthdays. It just all seems like a brutal waste of time to me.
Now, it's not that I don't have fun when I'm 1-on-1 with someone else, au contraire; give me a good subject, and I'll talk your ears off. Nine times out of ten I'll have a hoot, and uncomfortable silences only (sporadically) occur with people I don't know, and who (as a logical result) don't know me.
But still. It can be pretty annoying, at times. But on the other hand, I sometimes sit there, on birthdays for example, listening to this chit-chat, and I praise the lord for my inability to talk about nothing.
Cheers
3 Comments:
I can't really chit chat in ANY situation, let alone 1 on 1. I'd much rather just sit and listen to everyone talk. I'm an observer.
Perhaps you're too clever - and by comparison every else is boring?
Diggy
I'm the same way. Silence really is golden sometimes. Better than filling the air with useless garbage that is just filler.
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