Archive for Social Hacking
How to End a Boring Conversation
We’ve all been there - you’re at a party, a business function, the grocery store and you can’t escape a conversation that just keeps going. You think there’s a break to safely exit just around the horizon, but it never comes. Lite Reviews offers 5 ways to end a conversation that’s starting to get dull. Here are a few more, just in case those don’t work:
1) Fake a phone call - nothing tells someone they don’t matter like picking up your phone in the middle of a conversation.
2) Check your watch repeatedly (or if you don’t have a watch, check the time on your cell phone) - the sense of urgency makes other people nervous.
3) Mention socially innapropriate topics - there’s nothing like an absurd medical condition to kill a party.
4) Read your email - you need a smartphone or Blackberry for this one, but it will get the point across that you have something more pressing than the current line of discussion.
5) If all else fails, simply walk away.
How to Board Southwest Airlines Faster
The Consumerist has somewhat of a tongue-in-cheek idea for boarding Southwest Airlines faster. For those who’ve never flown them before, Southwest uses a first-come, first-serve ticketing system, so the first people to check in online or in person get the “A” designation, and get to board the plane first. “B” and “C” follow, depending on how many people are on the flight. Their process entails of checking in online, and then modifying the boarding pass in Notepad or similar text editor. You can read the full article here.
Disclaimer: We have no idea what the legal implications might be for altering an airline ticket.
airplane, boarding pass, flight, southwest airlines, ticketing systemHow To Send a Girl a Drink
HowToBehave offers a number of tips for acting with confidence in social situations. How to Send a Girl a Drink is no exception. Instead of pulling a cheeseball move, the video walks you through the suave way to send a drink and follow up with polite conversation. I’m not in the single scene, so I can’t validate the sucess of the tip, but it looks like it might work. Ladies, is this a one-way ticket to a slap-in-the-face or the right way to make an introduction?
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confidence, dating scene, polite, social situations
