Transactional small talk isn't my fav
Thoreson
You know how every grocery checker or salon service provider asks about your day or your fun plans for the rest of the day or other such small talk prompts? I suspect they really don’t care to know; it’s just something that’s designed to fill the silence until the next customer comes along.
I don’t mean to sound cynical, but I’m pretty sure the barely out of their teens checker’s interests and mine have little in common. A friendly mutual smile works for me. I mean, seriously, should I tell her/him that my husband recently retired and we’re still doing the seemingly endless paperwork? I can imagine their eyes glazing over.
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