How Good Are You In Social Situations?

1. You're hanging out with someone and you want to leave because you feel uncomfortable/awkward. How do you leave?

Simple- I just leave.

I say "Bye," and then leave

I say , " Hey, I have to get going now. See you later."

Just leaving is plain rude, and just saying bye is too abrupt. The last option is the most polite.

Explanation

Just leaving is plain rude, and just saying bye is too abrupt. The last option is the most polite.

2. Small talk is:

A waste of time

Important in building and maintaining friendships

Is for small people

Annoying. Nobody cares what color you died your hair.

Small talk is important in creating, building, and maintaining friendships. Not everything people talk about is important or relevant to you, but it's part of socialization.

Explanation

Small talk is important in creating, building, and maintaining friendships. Not everything people talk about is important or relevant to you, but it's part of socialization.

3. What is the best way to make friends?

Joining a club for the antisocial

Waiting for other people to approach you

Initiating conversations and taking an interest in other people

Out of clay

Making fart noises and blaming it on other people

You have to initiate conversations with people. You can't always expect people to come up to you all the time. You need to put in effort too.

Explanation

You have to initiate conversations with people. You can't always expect people to come up to you all the time. You need to put in effort too.

4. 3) When you talk to someone, where do you look?

The ceiling

In their eyes. And never look away ever. Never ever.

At my phone. I'm good at multitasking, so i can talk and text at the same time!

Mostly in their eyes, or if that makes me uncomfortable, somewhere around their nose or forehead.

At their assets

You need to have eye contact with the people that you're talking too, but you don't want to stare at them with laser beam eyes either. Watch people as they talk, pay attention to their body language, as well as what they're saying.

Explanation

You need to have eye contact with the people that you're talking too, but you don't want to stare at them with laser beam eyes either. Watch people as they talk, pay attention to their body language, as well as what they're saying.

5. You see somebody you know in the hallway. You:

Say "hi" and/or wave

Glare at them

Ignore them

Send them a text saying, "hey, I c u right now!"

Wait to see if they wave first

B) is just plain rude, C)if you ignore people, they'll think you don't like them. D) that is just silly! E)maybe they're waiting to see if you wave first or are unsure if you want to say hi to them. So take initiative and say Hi first.

Explanation

B) is just plain rude, C)if you ignore people, they'll think you don't like them. D) that is just silly! E)maybe they're waiting to see if you wave first or are unsure if you want to say hi to them. So take initiative and say Hi first.

6. Your friend trips and falls over a single step. You:

Burst out laughing

Ask if they're ok, and if they say yes, and start laughing, then you may laugh too

Say "watch out for that step"

Make a sarcastic comment

Walk away, because you're so embarassed to be seen with this person

A) If they actually hurt themselves, you will look mean, and will look like you don't care.
B) Yes. Make sure they're ok before you start laughing, and make sure they're laughing first so you don't look like a meaniepants.
C) A little too late for that....
D)That's mean. That would embarass your friend further.
E) Only a bad friend would do this.

Explanation

A) If they actually hurt themselves, you will look mean, and will look like you don't care.
B) Yes. Make sure they're ok before you start laughing, and make sure they're laughing first so you don't look like a meaniepants.
C) A little too late for that....
D)That's mean. That would embarass your friend further.
E) Only a bad friend would do this.

7. You're instant messaging a friend. You have to go to the bathroom. You:

Just go the the bathroom. I won't be gone for that long.

Say: brb or I need to go do something quickly. I'll be back shortly.

Say: I have to pee and poop reaaaalllly baddddd.

A)even if it is for a short time, the person may keep talking and think you'r enot paying attention
B)It's polite to do so!
C) Too much information

Explanation

A)even if it is for a short time, the person may keep talking and think you'r enot paying attention
B)It's polite to do so!
C) Too much information

8. A friend of yours asks you if they look fat, and you kind of think they do. You say:

Yes, you are a cow and it disgusts me

No

I'm not really a good judge of that kind of thing. or I'm uncomfortable with that kind of question.

I have to go to the um...bathroom

A) although it may be true, it's rude. B) If your friend is fat, and you're looking out for your health, then you shouldn't lie. Your lie might be obvious. C)That's a polite answer, and you don't have to say yes or no.
D) Making excuses? That's uncool and awkward.

Explanation

A) although it may be true, it's rude. B) If your friend is fat, and you're looking out for your health, then you shouldn't lie. Your lie might be obvious. C)That's a polite answer, and you don't have to say yes or no.
D) Making excuses? That's uncool and awkward.

9. You got a higher grade on an exam than all your friends. You

Keep shoving your test paper in people's faces, saying "look how smart I am!"

Offer to help them study

Complain that you didn't do as well as you thought

Shrug your shoulders and say ," eh, whatever."

Fold your test paper into origami

A) That's rude and annoying. Nobody likes a braggart.
B) that's nice of you!
C) that'll make them feel even worse
D) that's a little rude
E) You can do that after, but that's not really relevant to the question

Explanation

A) That's rude and annoying. Nobody likes a braggart.
B) that's nice of you!
C) that'll make them feel even worse
D) that's a little rude
E) You can do that after, but that's not really relevant to the question

10. How often do you compliment people.

Never

When someone's feeling down, I'll compliment them to cheer them up.

All the time!

People like being complimented, and compliments make them like you more. But you have to be careful not to overcompliment people and seem fake. Be sincere. If you rarely compliment someone, there are probably many things that you could compliment them about that probably seem trivial.

Explanation

People like being complimented, and compliments make them like you more. But you have to be careful not to overcompliment people and seem fake. Be sincere. If you rarely compliment someone, there are probably many things that you could compliment them about that probably seem trivial.

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