How Do You Start A Conversation With A Stranger?
• Greet the person, and smile in a friendly way. • Ask in a general, friendly tone, “How are you?”, “How are things with you?” “Wonderful weather we’re having today!” • Go into general topics in common, such as • current news, issues (avoiding hot button political debates, general stuff like elections) • weather • interests • friendly topics such as food, music, weather, computers, movies, books, sports, fashion, etc. Just omit topics such as politics, relationship problems, other people’s misfortunes, money, health ailments and philosophy. • Observe any visual clues to draw a topic out. For example, a certain wristband, watch or gadget. • Ask them what genre of music that they like. Some examples are Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Reggae, Country, Jazz, Classical, Rock, and Alternative. Once they tell you, try to think of a song from that genre that you know, and could use to get the conversation started. Sometimes simple things like these are really good conversation starters especially if the p
