Aaron Mentele » irl http://aaronmentele.com personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:09:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Scripted conversations http://aaronmentele.com/2009/05/20/scripted-conversations/ http://aaronmentele.com/2009/05/20/scripted-conversations/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 18:05:38 +0000 Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/?p=755 Had this same conversation three dozen times now while waiting in line to get food:

  • Me: Hey. How’s it going?
  • Them: Good. Staying busy.
  • Me: Oh. Good.
  • Them: How ’bout you? Busy?
  • Me: Um, yeah.
  • Them: Good.
  • –pause for food–
  • Me: Okay, well, good seeing you.
  • Them: Yeah. You too.

I can have this conversation with my eyes shut now. Practice makes perfect and all. When I don’t lead it off, though, it can all go to hell. Like today:

  • Them: Hey. How’s it going?
  • Me: Oh hey. Good. It’s going well. I guess we’re busy. So, that’s good. I guess. Right? How about you? Busy?
  • Them: Um, not really. Things aren’t going real well at work now that you mention it.
  • Me: Oh. Shit.
  • –pause for food–
  • Me: Well, good seeing you.

Time to separate good and busy. (Especially when talking to people I barely know.)

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