Why Introverts Hate Small Talk

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5. Point taken.

The reception desk position is volunteer and is usually a low stakes, low key couple of hours. The people sitting around by the elevator and talking are actually loitering, something building management is not happy about, but nobody is going to run them off. (It would be like trying to shoo a tortoise.)

The entire first floor was reconfigured to get people out of the lobby, (there is seating available in three different communal areas), but people insist on hanging out in that general area and watching everyone's comings and goings while gabbing about nothing. Yesterday morning, I crossed the street and saw two residents standing by the curb and an image from King of the Hill flashed in my mind.