What we talk about when we don't talk about the weather

[metrocentric]

Perhaps this is a characteristic of buying books in London, or perhaps a characteristic of me, but the point of exchange - the money for the book across the counter - has rarely been accompanied by discussion

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[that]

Ah, to take refuge in one's blandest smile, only then to suffer the pangs of esprit d'escalier. You've been reading my mail.

[killsurfcity]

i hate it when shop assistants try to talk to me.