Social Interaction Gifts

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

Passing Emotions

"I miss handshakes"

"Not so much fun being people-watched back, eh?"

"We met through a contact tracing app."

Pranking an Introvert

Impasse in the corridor of the National Society of Common Courtesy.

'Yes, well, in my practice patients are encouraged to express their feeling to the fullest.'

Profiles in Courage

Isn't it nice to exchange some good old-fashioned germs again?

"My battery died too. Wanna talk?"

How are you? (About to drop dead, I hope, you arrogant jerk...)

'You don't repeat gossip, do you?' - 'No, she starts it.'

'I worry about how David will cope with retirement. He's spent all his working life dealing with people...How will he cope without all involvement. He's putting a brave face on it but how does he really feel?'

'I don't know what it is about you, Dave. But, you're such a good listener.'

Small talk: 'Wow that's really interesting. I've never actually been to Los Angeles, but I do have some friends there. Do you know Lisa Schwartz?'

'I know you can hear me, but every bus needs one loud talker, and no one else is doing it.'

"It's a remote huggy bear to help us through social distancing."

"Er...have you met my flatmate?"

"Attention seeker"

"Hold your horses! I'm reading the instructions."

"Sorry, but my battery died and I don’t know what to look at?"

"That's odd... I know I had something to complain about when I walked up here!"

"When you ask what I do, do you mean for money?"

"It's an adjustment being a handshake guy in a fist-bump company."

Mysterious stranger wonders who he, himself, is.

"How can I love my enemies when I don't even like my friends?"

"Now I'm going to ask for your phone number. You'll say the first three digits, then I'll interrupt you as you're saying the next three digits, then we'll talk over each other, then neither of us will say anything for a few seconds, and then we'll talk over each other again."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

"‘How is everything?’ Well, I don’t think everything is going very well … but my pasta is excellent, thank you."

"There she is! Don’t be nervous. Just be yourself, walk over there and sniff her."

"I hate my driver’s license photo."

"Buffering... buffering... buffering..."

"I said, you’re on speaker – Dan, you’re on speaker phone!"

"I miss the old water cooler."