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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live EOTP (not Capitol Hill) and don’t get this question. Like, ever.[/quote]

I live on the hill and get it all the time and it's boring AF. Another thing people do is discuss other people's jobs a lot which is so boring. "Did you know so and so on F street is a partner at Big Law firm? Did you know Jimmy's classmate's mom used to work for Kamala? Did you know the Thompsons who we ran into at such and such both work for the post?" Like... no I didn't and I don't work in those industries so I don't really care? Also even if someone has an interesting job doesn't make them interesting to talk about. I might enjoy talking to a journalist about her work but I don't enjoy talking to my awestruck neighbor about how cool he thinks it is that said journalist has appeared on MSNBC.

But most people in DC have dull jobs.[/quote]

I definitely don't think people have dull jobs here. I am amazed at the jobs sometimes. It's just a conversation starter. It's different if someone is clout chasing and mentions that so and so is a big law partner. That's not what we are talking about. Just generally, what would the first question be, especially if you don't have kids or are just out at a get together?[/quote]

My substitute for "what do you do?" is "So are you commuting these days?"
But better starters are:
"How did you meet [host]?"
"Are you getting away this [season]?"
"Do you know any good [parks/cafe/hikes] around here?"
"There are so many streaming services and I can't decide what to get. Do you watch anything?"
And so on. People like to talk about themselves. [/quote]

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