I'd read stories about people doing this and being told they're not supposed to. I'm usually a fairly good judge of this sort of this so I usually don't need t

I'd read stories about people doing this and being told they're not supposed to. I'm usually a fairly good judge of this sort of this so I usually don't need to ask. Eliciting a response may not give an accurate response (eg putting someone on the spot when their view is negative could be somewhat confronting). Practically speaking however, time constraints tended to prohibit such chit-chat anyway.