On: How I Learned to Work a Room

[ctruzzi]

Why would it make them feel worse? Wouldn't this give individuals a new technique for entering conversations?

[reirob → ctruzzi]

I understand the article, that the technique consists in starting conversation with a two people that speak already - so the ones that do not have a conversation partner yet will stay alone. Or did I miss something?

[eruditely → reirob]

I think both of you slightly misunderstood each other. You meant the people already in the room, he thought you said new people who entered.