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Add that to the fact that some people may want to avoid hot-button issues like politics, and it can feel like the only alternative is to stick with small talk. But let’s be honest, that can be ...
I have a hard time understanding people who do not entertain “small talk” (or pretend not to do so). It is probably because when I joined the workforce 22 years ago, I was not aware that avoid ...