> "I don't do smalltalk" means "You are not worthy to communicate to me" Many people like smalltalk, but for many other people, smalltalk with people they do n

> "I don't do smalltalk" means "You are not worthy to communicate to me" Many people like smalltalk, but for many other people, smalltalk with people they do not know is very uncomfortable. Why should people from the second group feel obliged to do smalltalk just to satisfy feelings of the first group?