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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-25 07:08 pm

[ SECRET POST #2761 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2761 ⌋

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Re: Tips on making/starting small talk?

[personal profile] nyxelestia 2014-07-26 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
The hell if I know. I work in a gift shop, and I'm not really sure why anyone even sets foot in gift shops in general. And I'm an introvert myself, which is why I struggle with this. When I think of myself in the position of a customer, my thoughts run along similar lines of, "You're nice but I don't want to chat", but I also know intellectually that I'm a bit of a minority in that respect - most people (at least statistically) don't mind a bit of chitchat and it is a really good way to subtly sell people more stuff (i.e. if someone comments on how sunny it is compared to their home state/country, great time to offer sunscreen, etc.)

I can sustain and utilize small talk pretty well once I get into it a bit, so I'm fine when I get bored or chatty customers, but given that this gift shop is in an amusement park, they are few and far in-between. It's just starting it in the first place in a way that doesn't sound like an interrogation. (I feel like if I just keep asking questions, it'll come off as creepy, yet I've seen coworkers pull off something similar and I still don't get how they do it).