Interviewing people

There are some people that have no interest in you or anyone. They can sit in silence for hours rather than engage you in a conversation. A conversation being a two way dialogue. Isadora and I had to spend 4 hours thinking up questions to ask our dinner hosts. Once the question was asked they would talk for an hour straight. Then we would sit in silence until we asked the next question. We didn't invite ourselves over. They have begged us over for months. The questions could even be reciprocated.

"What podcasts are you listening to these days?"
"What movies have you seen these days?"
"What activities are you doing outside of work?"

These questions could all be turned around and asked of ourselves too.

But they didn't.

Fortunately, Isadora and I are good at interviewing people. We also recognize that we are gaining more from them than they are from us.