Yesterday I found myself talking about the weather with with ever single customer throughout my work day. I felt like a robot saying the same things over and over again. But I guess I understand why because it's the only thing I can think of that everyone has in common, even though it can drive me crazy sometimes.

How many times a day to you talk about the weather? (on average) single choice
	Never
	1-3 times a day
	4-6 times a day
	7-9 times a day
	A ridiculous amount of times a day
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I find most verbal communication is mere regurgitation of other conversations. Whether you're close to someone or have never met them before. It's simply phatic.

I'd like to undergo a thought process which will help me understand why verbal communication is simply repulsive and clumsy.

Are you kidding? Here in California I think the weather is mentioned at least 10 times a day. You wouldn't think so, but it is. They always always overdo the storm warnings here. You have to be from another part of the US originally to pick up the humor in it.

One teacher who's originally from back East, came in the office last week laughing because she heard on the weather report that there was a "drizzle alert." Every moderate rain storm is called "Storm Watch 2006." Can you imagine? A drizzle alert?

TIS

I work in a gas station, so I would say at least 50 times a day.

Ah, the weather. It's the quintessential topic starter of conversation. It provides a comfort level of communication between strangers, acquaintances, colleagues, family and friends.

When we are placed in any of many social situations, such as time spent on an elevator with someone, waiting in a check out line, walking through the neighborhood, etc., we find it natural to want to recognize a fellow human being. And the most common area of interest is our physical environment. It's an area where there is generally no disagreement and some universal interest. "Do you think it'll ever stop raining?" "I'd hate to be tarring the roof today." And "Thank God it's not colder, or this would all be snow." You wouldn't necessarily bring up

It's a polite,often meaningless discourse, but it is better than the prolonged awkward silences that tend to separate us slightly from those people we encounter daily.

My late father-in-law would always talk to me about the weather, and I initially thought it was because he was trying to make conversation when we didn't know each other too well. As I dated and eventually married his daughter and he became as close as any other family member to me, he woulkd still speak frequently of the weather as he was a weather junkie, who could watch the weather channel all night if he could. I would hear him say things like, "Wow, 112 degrees in Borneo. Where the hell is that?"

And if a blizzard was hitting, he'd watch the channel with childlike excitement. Weathermen were like gods to him. He ran a restaurant and the first customers of the day would order their eggs before 7 AM and ask him what the daily forecast was.

I always thought it was silly to have a 24 hour weather channel and wondered who the heck would watch it. I guess there are those who really get into it.



TIS

I am guilty of saying the worst gag to do with weather.

"You know it's going to be xx Degrees tomorrow"

After their hopes go up...

"Yeah, in fucking Egypt".

I don't even know why I still do it.

Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot,
we must weather the weather whether we like it or not.

Where i am from we talk about the weather constantly cos our weather is always crap

It's been an especially popular topic here in the Northeast recently with the fluctuations of temperature. Sunny and 57 degrees in December. We'll be paying for this mild weather soon enough.

I can give a shit less about the weather, talking about it is a waste of speech. My family, and everybody else, however, talks about it all the time. The weather in Iowa is inconsistant making it a popular topic of discussion.

I actually agree with you... I hate talking about the weather, but I still find myself talking about it all the time because everyone brings it up. I mean, I guess you would have to be bereft of all your senses in order to truly not know how to talk about the weather. It's the easiest way to relate to the person in front of you even though they may be a complete stranger.

When I was younger and in college, I remember thinking that too much was made over the weather and that it didn't deserve a regular spot on the news.

What made me check the weather regularly, of all things, is when my children started playing baseball and I became involved with the baseball association. Also, my work requires that I drivequite a bit, and the wintry conditions are good to know. Mostly, I get my weather reports from friends, who saw the forecast.