Please express this succinctly when talkers like me "get going" – I appreciate that not everybody wants these brief connections (you won't hurt my feelings with a simple "hey I'm not really much for talking").

If you prefer wordless silence, pulling out a phone (or book/magazine) works well when talkers "don't take the hint;" or face away (for particularly invasive conversation starters).

My hope is that small talk leads to shared connections, perhaps even (a brief intertwining of) humanity.