Preparing for small talk

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so kind

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it's so friendly and if you go there be

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prepared with some of these questions

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and be prepared to answer them because

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they'll definitely ask you them let's

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think about a scenario where you might

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talk with the stranger we can imagine

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you're in the park you're walking your

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dog and like dogs do your dog is

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sniffing and going towards another dog

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well you'd like to strike up a

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conversation with the owner of that dog

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what can you say

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oh what a cute dog do you come here

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often yeah we try to it's a great place

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to walk oh what a cute dog have you ever

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been here before yeah a lot it's a great

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place to walk oh what a cute dog yeah

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he's a sweetie have you been in

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Asheville for a while just two years

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what about you oh what a cute dog yeah

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he's a sweetie do you live nearby yeah

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we live just down the street what about

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you like with the previous set of

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questions it's important to have a light

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attitude if you ask someone do you come

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here often the other person might feel a

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little bit uncomfortable like are they

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following me are they scary person so

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make sure you just say it lightly oh do

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you come here often

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no problem this is a great question to

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ask and I ask this all the time when I

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go