STOP BEING SO FRIENDLY!
My tolerance for overly extroverted people is slowly diminishing. I can no longer deal with random strangers attempting to strike up a conversation with me just for the sake of talking.
Don't get me wrong; I understand it when someone legitimately has a question for me or an amusing comment to make... then from there on if a conversation naturally blossoms, that's totally fine.
Now on the other hand, if I'm in line at the grocery store and some old lady behind me starts blubbering shit to me about "Isn't it such a nice day outside?", now I have to conjure up all the energy I was saving for later to pretend I'm interested in exchanging meaningless words with her.
Though I will admit, sometimes it just gets to the point where I just nod politely, ignore the bitch, and continue doing what I was doing before.
I know that striking up conversations with strangers is a good networking strategy but in all honesty, it just doesn't mesh with my personality and I don't like having to alter the nature of who I am to conform to our culture's standard of acceptable socialization.
Jeez! I don't know what it is about me, but people (especially women ages 30 and up) love trying to talk to me all of a sudden.
Maybe I'm just in a shitty mood right now but in this point in my life, I feel like I don't need anymore "acquaintances"... and chances are, if I ever approach a stranger in public and try to start up a conversation, it's because I'm trying to get in their pants not because I'm genuinely interested in their stupid opinions.
Real talk.
Don't get me wrong; I understand it when someone legitimately has a question for me or an amusing comment to make... then from there on if a conversation naturally blossoms, that's totally fine.
Now on the other hand, if I'm in line at the grocery store and some old lady behind me starts blubbering shit to me about "Isn't it such a nice day outside?", now I have to conjure up all the energy I was saving for later to pretend I'm interested in exchanging meaningless words with her.
Though I will admit, sometimes it just gets to the point where I just nod politely, ignore the bitch, and continue doing what I was doing before.
I know that striking up conversations with strangers is a good networking strategy but in all honesty, it just doesn't mesh with my personality and I don't like having to alter the nature of who I am to conform to our culture's standard of acceptable socialization.
Jeez! I don't know what it is about me, but people (especially women ages 30 and up) love trying to talk to me all of a sudden.
Maybe I'm just in a shitty mood right now but in this point in my life, I feel like I don't need anymore "acquaintances"... and chances are, if I ever approach a stranger in public and try to start up a conversation, it's because I'm trying to get in their pants not because I'm genuinely interested in their stupid opinions.
Real talk.