Weather and Small Talk

Were you ever in a situation that you are standing in front of a complete stranger and you need to chit chat to 1) keep the line moving? 2) wait till your friend comes back? 3) stuck on a blind date?

Usually I always fall back on the weather, especially with the ever changing ones we have been having for the past few months. I actually receive mocking emails from friends back east. Partly is my fault though, I usually send them sunny picture postcards from our balmy November when they have reported snow storms. Or 'we are still wearing shorts' email, bad for me - I know; but it was fun.

Back to the Small World Theory.. what goes around, comes around. If I hadn't been so callus and mocking, would we still have bad weather? That is usually how I try to incorporate in my small talk of the Weather.

I like talking about the weather, its the most basic knowledge everyone have an experience with and have a knowledge of. And further down the conversation, they will say something like..'back when I was in Alberta, Hong Kong, Bangalore... the weather was ...' That just leads to more topics to chat about.

Next time if you are at a loss of topics, give weather a try.