“Ask them questions to which the answer is a number.
There’s always an answer.
This is Seinfeld’s secret technique for talking to regular people ‘How long have you lived here?
What time do you start work?
When did you do that?’
Small talk thrives onasking questionsand open-ended questions work best.
If your conversation partner is answering with a shrug, though, Seinfeld’s tip just might work.
The numerical answer might be a starting point to an open-ended question.
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