How not to have a conversation

Last week, while at a networking event, I met a man called Mark.  Here is a transcript of our conversation: Me:       “Hello there Mark, I’m Charlie – what do you do?” Mark:   “I’m an accountant.” Me:       “Oh.” At that point, the conversation ended.  Now, don’t get me wrong – I wasn’t trying to offend him (or every other accountant) – I just literally couldn’t think of anything else to say! Compare that scenario to this one – from the same event – where I got talking to a lady who was about 4’11”, (and I’m guessing here) was somewhere in [...]