&lt;p&gt;Small-talk is excruciatingly painful for most of us, but we still engage in it since it is more tolerable than an awkward silence (or is it, really?). We end up weighing in on the weather because it would be rather weird to ask someone a deep profound question while taking the elevator together. And of course, those yearly happy-birthday texts that go nowhere. Here are a few embarrassing small-talk instances to bring out a chuckle or two in you.&lt;/p&gt;

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Small-talk is excruciatingly painful for most of us, but we still engage in it since it is more tolerable than an awkward silence (or is it, really?). We end up weighing in on the weather because it would be rather weird to ask someone a deep profound question while taking the elevator together. And of course, those yearly happy-birthday texts that go nowhere. Here are a few embarrassing small-talk instances to bring out a chuckle or two in you.

Small-talk is excruciatingly painful for most of us, but we still engage in it since it is more tolerable than an awkward silence (or is it, really?). We end up weighing in on the weather because it would be rather weird to ask someone a deep profound question while taking the elevator together. And of course, those yearly happy-birthday texts that go nowhere. Here are a few embarrassing small-talk instances to bring out a chuckle or two in you.

Never too old to fail at small-talk.

I'd rather have an awkwardly silent session.

I&#39;d rather have an awkwardly silent session.

Elevator chats to birthday texts, the worst small-talk fails: A visual story