The following situation: I am at vocational school and there are two women standing next to me. Being as shy as I sometimes am, I couldn't bring myself to do it at first, but they always smiled back in a friendly way. Then I finally got around to asking if the two were actually teachers…
Hello everyone I'm training to be a bank clerk, and I find it a bit difficult to engage in small talk with customers… and I constantly get feedback that I seem too insecure. I had a customer simulation meeting and didn't get a great review. How can I make myself more approachable and better at…
Hello dear community, How do you feel about hugs among colleagues? Background: I work as an engineer in a fairly male-dominated industry, and my colleagues are almost exclusively male. I recently graduated and am therefore significantly younger than the average age of the employees. There's a colleague who often gave me good advice during my…
It's Friday, no one has time, nothing's happening. Are there any platforms/forums/sites where I can talk/write to people? Apart from Omegle and the like.
The other day I was at the doctor's and thought I could start a conversation in the waiting room and asked if they had seen the new room; people look at me and simply don't answer. Today I met my neighbor and asked if he also pays as much in utility costs. He looked at…
Or can you only get in with an appointment? 🇺🇸🗽🦅
I just want people on the internet to write like that. Just write about things in a normal way. Which networks/sites are suitable for this?
How do you make small talk as a boring person with no hobbies?
How are autistic people taught small talk? That it also seems authentic.
How do you learn how to interact with colleagues? Which is very special and, depending on character and interests, consists of a lot of hypocrisy. How do you learn to deal with this? In the workplace, you are expected to master this.
You shouldn't be hypocritical when making small talk. So how do you make small talk with unpleasant and uninteresting people?
Be it just for small talk or a longer conversation, e.g., in a cafe or similar. Please feel free to vote with a brief additional information. You can also name someone who isn't listed.