15 favorite small talk questions

I feel like the pandemic made me worse at small talk.

1. What do you do for work?
2. How's work going?
3. Do you play D&D?
4. What have you been watching lately?
5. Have you been reading anything?
6. What podcasts do you like?
7. What's your phone background? [My opener for dating apps]
8. So how do you know [insert mutual friend's name]?
9. Do you have any pets?
10. Do you have any plants?
11. Do you have any siblings?
12. Do you have a favorite animal?
13. Do you have a favorite board game?
14. What's on tap for you this week[end]?
15. How's you?

(Prompt by Eleanor Pratt)

"Water Cooler" by Jason Pratt. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).