Talking at work

flibbage0 · 19 Mar 2019 at 12:21

Anyone here struggle to find common ground with people at work?

I don't work at one fixed place, but to be honest most of my work colleagues are middle aged women and as nice as they are, I struggle to find anything in common to talk about other than asking where they're going on holiday

Normally it wouldn't bother me but it makes it extremely boring and now I rarely talk to anyone

Anyone else share a similar issue?

flibbage0 · 19 Mar 2019 at 12:42

Lopéz said:
No. I can talk to pretty much anyone about anything, regardless of whether it's something I'm particularly well versed on or interested in.
In work, at home, in the pub, whatever - it's all the same.

I know this might sound silly, but how do you do it? Avoiding the awkward silences or blank expressions on people's faces as they don't know what the hell you're going on about etc.

flibbage0 · 19 Mar 2019 at 15:00

String said:
You've told us that they are middle aged women, are you? It would help to know who these middle aged women are expected to interact with.

Early to Mid 20's, not a lady, some of them have grandkids that are my age which puts things into perspective

flibbage0 · 19 Mar 2019 at 15:24

String said:
Yes, that does put it into perspective. Whilst I don't want to belittle your issue, I think the thread could be more interesting if we had a go at guessing your occupation.

Do you work in a bingo Hall?

Not quite, think more along the lines of a medical bingo hall

flibbage0 · 19 Mar 2019 at 16:36

Ayahuasca said:

This is exactly what I'm trying to avoid but I do feel like I might come across like this sometimes "that's a nice haircut did you do it yourself"