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		lonelappde on Sept 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Awkward but Essential Art of Office Chitchat It's a minefield in your mind only. A mindfield. Every example you gave can be deftly handled with: "Yes I did. Good morning! I'm going to grab a morning $beverage now." Optionally mention what you are going to work on after you get the beverage.

feintruled on Sept 24, 2019 [–]

So my problem with THIS is that it is a very unbalanced conversation. He makes the zero-effort opener, and then I have to perform the heavy lifting. (Of course, I could just get in first ;-)

But fair comment.

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