Monday, May 03, 2004

Initiating A Conversation

After church service last Sunday, I was sitting next to a friend in the hall, waiting to go to the beach picinic later on that day. I saw a young woman sitting near me, by herself.

I asked her: Are you new?
She said: No.
I said: I'm Pye-young.
She said: I'm Sally.

[We shook hands.]

I said: Are you going to the beach picnic?
She said: Yeah. Are you?
I said: Yeah, I'll be there.

Not sensing a whole lot of enthusiasm on her part, I didn't continue the conversation.