#Smalltalk

Smalltalk is the ritualistic linguistic ballet performed before actual business begins, where humans confirm each other's existence through trivial banter. The sanctioned time-waster known as chitchat momentarily neutralizes the gravity of agendas and scatters participants' focus. Those incapable of selecting a suitable topic are doomed to wander this verbal labyrinth forever. Often serving as a buffer before status updates, it effortlessly morphs into a trigger for collective amnesia of the meeting's purpose. What should be mere conversational lubricant becomes, more often than not, black magic summoning complacency and wasted time.