> "What do you do for fun?" is a reasonably innocuous question, in my opinion. To be fair, I usually try not to ask explicitly what people do for a living. I t

> "What do you do for fun?" is a reasonably innocuous question, in my opinion. To be fair, I usually try not to ask explicitly what people do for a living. I try to frame it more open than that, keeping in mind not all people can work and such. > Yes, in this context, because those aren't questions asking the person to divulge personal information. Fair enough. My experience is that I've received positive feedback from others, see my other reply, which is not something I would associate with superficial talk. But it certainly isn't deeply personal stuff, I don't want to go there unless they volunteer.