Posted by spoc on April 16, 2004, at 3:15:59
In reply to Small Talk, posted by Stryker88 on April 15, 2004, at 5:52:26
> Dont you hate it when you dont feel like talking and a stranger wants to talk to you.
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Oh, there are times! For example, I live in an area where you have to take cabs a lot, and sometimes you get in the back of one and without ever looking at you or feeling you out, the driver goes to town with an often out-there rant about something or other. Makes no difference to him who's back there, you're just a captive audience. And maybe you had even needed to think and relax on your way to where you were going. In those cases I feel like interrupting and advising them that they are going to end up owing ME for services rendered!(Sometimes instead of being in A Mood, I just feel especially introspective that day. Maybe even an up-til-now-enjoying-it kind of introspective. Ever just so inside your own head that it's distressing or impossible to suddenly try to turn your focus outward? At times, even when it IS someone I know and like...)
In many cases starting to hack as if you have a nasty cold -- or worse -- might be effective (yet also more socially acceptable than a punch, B2c)! :- )
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