Review: Lame
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2012
If you were raised by wolves and never had a social life with the other wolves, this book might be helpful. Otherwise you probably learned all this stuff by 3rd grade. E.g., it's good to have empathy, if you're talking about a sports team ask about their last game, ask someone their point of view on the topic of discussion, keeping an open posture is inviting to conversation, and on and on.The <only> thing I never thought of as a "conversation starter" I find kind of creepy. It suggests that if you see someone you'd like to meet (I think the example was if you're in a coffee shop and see someone on the street), you should ask that person for directions because it's supposedly innocuous and gives you a way to meet someone. That seems just wrong on so many levels (what? you just go by looks? are you such a loser you can't expose the "real" you? if you lie about how you're meeting me, what else are you going to lie about down the road? i could go on).And thanks for making me suspicious of anyone asking for directions ever again.