&gt; Do the two of you have so little in common that all you have to talk about is your monotonous work day?<p>Wow, so many assumptions there:<p>1) All they do in a given day is work<p>2) Their work is monotonous<p>3) These questions result in boring, factual answers (perhaps instead they lead to long, interesting conversations far away from the original topic)<p>Etc, etc. IMO, it&#x27;s much more productive to take the time to think about reasons why something would work for somebody else rather than immediately dismiss what they do.