I retired from my occupation of diplomat two month ago.
Now I am free and enjoying my pension life like the Golgo 13, a professional sniper in this comic book. So I can kill not only cockroaches in my house but also spare time in my life.
As far as the Golgo 13, whose real name is Mr. Great Togo, is concerned, I personally don’t like him. Because he is unfriendly, obstinate and murderer.
In case I could come across him, what shall I do?
I would greet “ Nice to meet you, Mr. Togo.”
He may answer “Nice to see YOU, TM Takki. How can I help you?”
“ Uh, nothing in paticular. But・・・”
“ Okay. No business no conversation. See you!”
As I fail to communicate further with him and can’t give him a good impression, I will probably be blacklisted because of my poor behavior.
I am very scared to be targeted by him.
Isn’t there any good ideas to avoid such tragedy ?
My answer is ” Yes, there is!” A small talk will do.
“A small talk? what is it? Is it a kind of speech?” you may think.
A small talk is a little different from speech.
It doesn’t require substance, conclusion and humor.
Let me show you an example.
When I meet Mr. Togo again, I should talk like this;
“Nice to meet you again,Mr. Togo. I met your friend Mr. Saito yesterday.”
“Oh Really? Was he fine?”
“ He looked quite busy with writing new story on you.”
“Good! Thank you.”
There were no substances in my greeting, however, I added a small talk focused on what he maight be interested in.
There were also no conclusions and no humors. I just talked a gossip about his friend.
This time I believe that Mr. Togo and I could get closer through this conversation and am sure he would delete my name from his blacklist.
Thus I can live peaceful and happy retirement life.
As small talks make everybody closer and happier, let’s be a competent small talker.
Now I am free and enjoying my pension life like the Golgo 13, a professional sniper in this comic book. So I can kill not only cockroaches in my house but also spare time in my life.
As far as the Golgo 13, whose real name is Mr. Great Togo, is concerned, I personally don’t like him. Because he is unfriendly, obstinate and murderer.
In case I could come across him, what shall I do?
I would greet “ Nice to meet you, Mr. Togo.”
He may answer “Nice to see YOU, TM Takki. How can I help you?”
“ Uh, nothing in paticular. But・・・”
“ Okay. No business no conversation. See you!”
As I fail to communicate further with him and can’t give him a good impression, I will probably be blacklisted because of my poor behavior.
I am very scared to be targeted by him.
Isn’t there any good ideas to avoid such tragedy ?
My answer is ” Yes, there is!” A small talk will do.
“A small talk? what is it? Is it a kind of speech?” you may think.
A small talk is a little different from speech.
It doesn’t require substance, conclusion and humor.
Let me show you an example.
When I meet Mr. Togo again, I should talk like this;
“Nice to meet you again,Mr. Togo. I met your friend Mr. Saito yesterday.”
“Oh Really? Was he fine?”
“ He looked quite busy with writing new story on you.”
“Good! Thank you.”
There were no substances in my greeting, however, I added a small talk focused on what he maight be interested in.
There were also no conclusions and no humors. I just talked a gossip about his friend.
This time I believe that Mr. Togo and I could get closer through this conversation and am sure he would delete my name from his blacklist.
Thus I can live peaceful and happy retirement life.
As small talks make everybody closer and happier, let’s be a competent small talker.