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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 06:25 AM Original message |
How frequently do you strike up conversations with strangers? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Never. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. lol |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why does that book intrigue me so? |
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blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. wow |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
62. Good thing I wouldn't want to go to one. |
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blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. delete |
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sagetea (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. OMG... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Never |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Do you avoid it because it frustrates you (because you can't) |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Not particularly |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Pretty frequently... |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's a central responsibility of my job. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What's your job? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Consultative sales in a tools department. n/m |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So I guess you have lots nice conversations on tools and projects |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. All the time... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. The political conversations much be pretty challenging |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Oh no, this is Flatbush, Brooklyn. |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. CARICOM = Caribbean Community n/t |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Thanks... |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. All the time |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Are you sure you were originally from NJ? |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. heh, yeah thats true |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. well then, that's a different story |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. My dear NJmaverick... |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Constantly and in any setting |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not often. (2) airports. nt |
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tinymontgomery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. very rarely |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Just today I reminded a stranger that Talk Like A Pirate Day was around the corner |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Talk like a Pirate day is on a Saturday this year isn't it? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. whenever I am in public |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. so you're like the gizzled prospector coming out of them there hills? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. here hold my burro |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You think you can park your ass just anywhere??? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. if I park it |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. daily |
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blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. im glad i did |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. lucky you! Most people just |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Almost never--I suffer from social anxiety |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. I generally don't, but since my pregnancy started showing, |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sometimes. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Rarely. I'm a relatively quiet person. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Constantly. I am a cashier at a grocery store |
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Milk (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
36. Pretty much never |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Welcome to DU! |
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Milk (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Do I know you? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Now you do... |
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Milk (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Okay |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That's good to know! |
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recycled (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
76. LOL!!!! |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Welcome to DU! |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. all the time, i talk to everybody whether im stomping their ass, or buying milk from them |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Good point |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. My mother told me not to talk to strangers. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Do you always listen to your mother? |
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Maiden England (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. All the time |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Being from New Jersey |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. You say that now because... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. Hardly ever, but on the flip side strangers |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. I guess you just look like a kind and helpful soul |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
47. Almost never |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. All the time and pretty much anywhere |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
54. I am quite shy, so almost never. nt |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
58. in sales--all the damn time---no talk, no eat |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Constantly. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Everywhere but on planes |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. All the time |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. All thet time, and as above said..central part of my job.But i do it out of work too. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
67. Does "Gimme your wallet and no one gets hurt" count as conversation? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
68. Not usually. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
69. I will talk to strangers in a store or waiting in line. I am not antisocial, but nonsocial. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
70. In stores, all the time |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. Every day, except weekends. |
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snailly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-04-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
72. I used to be really shy but the older I get the more I don't give a toot |
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recycled (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. I wonder how this guy took our exchange this morning... |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. daily basis. I'm a bartender. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
78. all the time |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
79. Not often, since I got interrupted by a racist yesterday. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-05-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
80. All the time. |
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