become better at small-talk

I walked for like 15 minutes about school and upcoming trips with a couple. Granted I’ve known the lady since I was 4, and I’ve worked for her a couple of week every year when she needed some help. But I’ve never actually had a conversation. So it was nice, I felt like, well I dont’ know. It was nice though, to talk about nothing but something at the same time.

I had a conversations with my hairdresser today. For a whole five minutes. Which is good, for me, because I’ve only met him once and that was like 6 months ago. It weird and nice…but i accidently told him my work was a sinking ship and i’m just one of the many rats trying to find a way out. But I don’t think i’m legally binded to not say that…..oh well. Its an improvement from the last time I say him, when i said “Hello, can you cut two inches please.” And that was that.

i really want to get better so when i move away It will be easier to make a connection with people.

am i bad at small talk in person, i think i’m bad on the net.

However I did talk to two different ladies at my work, they were customers.

I talked to one lady about “sliding doors” and how much I loved the movie and how it made me cry. We went on for about 5 minutes talking about all these movies we loved and made us cry.

The other lady sounded like she was going to have a movie date with her girlfriend. The girlfriend wanted a romantic movie. So i walked around the store with her talking to her about what kind of movies the girlfriend likes. Well After about 10 minutes I proposed that she rent “mambo italiano” She seemed excited because it was a romantic comedy and she dug that it was about gay guys.

So I felt good about that. But i feel really quite on responding to other 43-ers.

I’ve had two chances at this. Two thanksgivings meals that i should talk to people. I mean i talked to people…but it was ust random comments that didn’t lead to anything.

How ever I think i might have rallied people to have a sit in if somethings get out of hand. This i’m sure sounds like i talked to poeple alot, but no, i just mentioned a sit in and people agreed. So yeah.

I work in retail, at customer service. People just randomly talk to me, about the most off the wall stuff. Like, “this book really helped with my foot fungus”

AHAHA i have to admit it was funny. But usually i just smile and nod, or go, ‘oh yeah, thats crazy’ I need to get better at the “oh yeah, well what kind was it? how did you get it? If you touch you feet does your hand begin to grow fungus too?’

So yeah