Into the community

7 Responses to “Into the community”

1. Kate P says:
   

   I’ll be on your coffee rota as long as it’s Fairtrade and there’s tea and cakes as well.

   Do I need any food hygiene training, and have you done a risk assessment in your e-kitchen?

   November 8th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
2. Michelle says:
   

   Can’t you put all the extra pounds into a little pot marked “Dave’s brain food fund” and then buy lots of chocolate? I’m sure that would count as a valid expense as chocolate must be good for the creation of cartoons (it works with me and sermons anyway)!

   November 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
3. Aaron Orear says:
   

   You could just lower the price of the license by a pound.

   November 8th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
4. Jason says:
   

   I’d volunteer to be on the coffee rota but it’s very hard to hear what people are asking for over my iPod (other MP3 players are available).

   November 8th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
5. truthsign says:
   

   I talk to strangers all the time. At bus stops. In London. It’s something that happens when you pass forty and have had enough operations to talk about.

   November 8th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
6. Russ says:
   

   I’d like to talk to more strangers on trains, but often end up with my nose in a book or hooked in to the dreaded white earphones.
   As a fortysomething male, these are the difficulties you can face:
   1 Blokes of my age or younger are not often the chattiest of beings, and look highly suspicious if you try to initiate a conversation
   2 Women of my age or younger may be chattier, but also look highly suspicious if you try to talk to them, as they may suspect you of trying to chat them up
   3 Men who are older quite often fall asleep if their journey is of any length. Or struggle to hear what you’re saying
   4 Women who are older look worried if they’re on their own, and you hesitate to say anything
   These of course are my own limited experience – your mileage may vary, as they say. The one occasion when social mingling does seem to occur on a train is when you’re either delayed, stuck or in the middle of an incident of some kind (eg troublesome youths, aggressive begging etc). Then the Blitz spirit kicks in and people talk.
   I should underline that most of this is related to south-east England train experience. I’m sure other regions are chattier.
   I’d welcome others’ tips

   November 9th, 2007 at 9:59 am
7. Mandy says:
   

   I would recommend Edinburgh for chattiness. I visited the city recently with a friend. The locals are very friendly. Chatted everywhere – at bus stops, in shops, at coffee shops and even in church (Methodist flavour)where they even invited us to a big slap up dinner afterwards with cake for pudding.
   I also used to chat to people when I lived in the East End of London. I learnt one day that a young girl wanted to be an undertaker whilst waiting at a bus stop. Maybe it was something about how long the bus was taking to arrive but she really seemed genuine enough to me….

   November 15th, 2007 at 2:42 am