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One of my friends said smoking was his secret weapon to networking. Because smoking is a habit cuts across hierarchies, you can meet a broader spectrum of peop
by necrecious 16y ago
One of my friends said smoking was his secret weapon to networking.
Because smoking is a habit cuts across hierarchies, you can meet a broader spectrum of people than just randomly talk to people at a networking event.
Also smoking time is discreet, so your convo have a natural end without awkwardness.
- 10ren 16y agoI think you meant discrete, which was confusing, because smoking time is also discreet.
- SandB0x 16y agoFuturama beat you to it. Bender's dating service: Discreet and discrete.
- w00pla 16y agoIt is not only that. Smoking cuts across cultural lines - you can smoke with someone who have great difficulty to speak English (which would otherwise be a stupid situation). You can also have a conversation with very poor (manual labourers) without it being akward. What is also nice is that you can meet people - by just asking for a light. Most smokers are extremely friendly to other smokers and if two people stands outside a building smoking, it is natural for them to talk. It is the new Freemasons. I've sometimes wonder why tobacco companies doesn't embrace this with a slogan such as: "Smoking turns strangers into friends".
- _delirium 16y agoAsking for a light also provides a natural excuse to start a conversation with someone who there's no real reason to approach otherwise. (I don't smoke myself, but I've ended up in more than one conversation I wouldn't have otherwise had, because I was with a friend who smoked, who approached a stranger in that manner.)