PhillyDude Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 5. Why are you single? 4. Do you like to travel? 3. What do you like to do for fun? 2. When is your birthday? And my all time stupid question when getting to know someone is................................ 1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? If I hear any of these questions on a first phone conversation I hang up the phone because they are all scripted and boring questions.
ScienceGal Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 What is wrong with #3? What questions do you ask and want to be asked?
SmileFace Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 I know, why would someone want to know when my birthday is?!! I think a better title for this thread will be over used getting to know each other questions. For example: What are you looking for in a relationship?
Author PhillyDude Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 What is wrong with #3? What questions do you ask and want to be asked? It's too scripted and sounds dull.
Feelin Frisky Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Where do you see yourself in 5 years is a typical job interview question. Never heard it as a getting to know you thing. Prospective employers use it to imply "don't get too cozy" and also find out if you've read the kiss-ass hand-book of proper interview responses.
oaks Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Yes I had this one the other day. *yawn*
rafallus Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 4. Do you like to travel? How is this one stupid? Actually stupid questions: 1. When did you lose your virginity, and why so late? 2. If aliens took over the world, and promised not to kill you in exchange for a lay, would you hit it? 3. If you had to do an animal, would you prefer cat or dog? 4. Did you enjoy answering my previous questions?
Author PhillyDude Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 How is this one stupid? Actually stupid questions: 1. When did you lose your virginity, and why so late? 2. If aliens took over the world, and promised not to kill you in exchange for a lay, would you hit it? 3. If you had to do an animal, would you prefer cat or dog? 4. Did you enjoy answering my previous questions? It's stupid because I never met anyone who didn't like to travel
strawberryshortstack Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 It's stupid because I never met anyone who didn't like to travel believe it or not, not everyone does. I do not. I love being at my destination, usually...but I detest airports and bus/train stations and being crammed into tight spaces with rude/pushy people.
LoveandSuch Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 It is called a personality, any of those questions can be twisted and turned from dull to interesting in seconds. You have to make it fun. A boring, dull person would answer them as if in an interview with a monotone voice.
Author PhillyDude Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 It is called a personality, any of those questions can be twisted and turned from dull to interesting in seconds. You have to make it fun. A boring, dull person would answer them as if in an interview with a monotone voice. Exactly, it's a lot of ways someone can ask what I enjoy doing instead of that basic dull interview version.........."what do you like to do for fun?
coolheadal Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Like your asking for a personnel resume about what they're doing who have then been with how many times they been out and how many have them been out with. Etc
rafallus Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 believe it or not, not everyone does. I do not. I love being at my destination, usually...but I detest airports and bus/train stations and being crammed into tight spaces with rude/pushy people. And I met people like that as well. Also, it's important to know if someone goes abroad a lot, not to turn things into involuntary LDR, which rarely work. It's just not necessarily a topic for a first talk.
Author PhillyDude Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 i have two more so tell me about yourself What is the name of the company you work for?
runner Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 so tell me about yourself this one just makes me want to i can just imagine myself going off on any random direction whilst the other person supposedly 'listening' is playing angry birds or sending a text message.
Author PhillyDude Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 this one just makes me want to i can just imagine myself going off on any random direction whilst the other person supposedly 'listening' is playing angry birds or sending a text message. Someone asked me that online tonight. It would sound a little better on the phone instead of a message online
sm1tten Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 I think I have gotten really, really lucky that no one has ever asked me these questions. I mean, I've done a lot of "icebreakers" in college and grad school, of course, but nothing like this in a casual gathering or a date. For me I find the questions a bit too generic and open-ended. You'd not get as much about my personality asking me if I like to travel or why I'm single than if we just talked and had a conversation, not an interview.
Highness Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 "What's your favourite colour?" Sounds like a question you'd get asked in primary school. However this came from a man that was 35 years old.
Author PhillyDude Posted September 12, 2011 Author Posted September 12, 2011 "What's your favourite colour?" Sounds like a question you'd get asked in primary school. However this came from a man that was 35 years old. i forgot about that one-lol haven't asked that in years
runner Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 "What's your favourite colour?" Sounds like a question you'd get asked in primary school. However this came from a man that was 35 years old. sometimes i'll throw this one out there, but sarcastically in a way to gauge her response and to see if she'll get my sense of humour if i get a literal response, i'll ask the waiter to bring the cheque.
Feelin Frisky Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 Would you still love your dog if it ate your face if it got hungry after you dropped dead?
Highness Posted September 12, 2011 Posted September 12, 2011 Would you still love your dog if it ate your face if it got hungry after you dropped dead? "Is it ever acceptable to hit a woman?"
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