"
Did you have a good vacation?"
".
It is 9 o'clock, you have just boarded the elevator.
The gray of the premises has replaced the warm, sunny colors of your last week.
Suffice to say, your morale is in the socks.
And begins the test of the elevator.
To speak or not to speak?
And if so, what can I say?
"I really like your shoes
" or "
what a doggy weather!"
»... We have all launched, at least once, these innocuous little sentences.
They serve to create a first impression, relax the atmosphere or simply fill a silence.
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In a light tone or sometimes a little silly, are they so futile as some might suggest?
From the weather to clothes, vacation, family, health or even the last team lunch, all subjects are good for breaking the ice.
But what do they say about us?
"Preliminaries to create confidence"
"
It is a phenomenon that we observe in all cultures
, analyzes Jean-Edouard Gresy, anthropologist
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