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Do you ever actually enjoy chatting to strangers in lifts?

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Jan 22nd 2018, 4:59 PM 3,537 Views 4 Comments

WE HAVE A question. It’s a question that has surfaced on social media this week and needs a definitive consensus.

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It all started with this observation

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Do you like having a chat in lifts?

Some people are so ridiculously against it

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While others think the small talk is nice

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So tell us. Would you rather stay silent in a lift, or have a little chat?

Poll Results:

Stay comfortably silent (691)

It depends on how much I know them (447)

Have a chat (269)

Don't care (231)

Stay comfortably silent
Have a chat
It depends on how much I know them
Don't care

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Do you ever actually enjoy chatting to strangers in lifts?