Strange(r) Advice
How to get it. Plus the Heard
Today a short note on chit-chat with strangers — yes, I am still thinking about the enthusiastic response to the recent Chit Chat Challenge, and possible future iterations.
When I’m eating out alone in a city that isn’t home, I often choose to sit at the bar. Bartenders are possibly my favorite strangers. It’s a cliché that they listen well. But also if you listen well, they are quite often interesting. And on my most recent trip, one introduced me to a great stranger-chat exercise.
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