The wrong kind of small talk
Esther Greenbaum was a saleswoman for a firm of fax machines and business supplies。 But she was also the most outspoken human being in the world ----well,Westchester County,at least.Her motto was “Every time I open my mouth,Iput my foot in it.”
Esther Greenbaum’s major shortcoming was that she had a complete absence of small talk. No,that’s not quite true.She had small talk,but it was the wrong kind.In fact, she had never learnt the basic rules of social communication,and as a consequence, she made systematic mistakes every time she opened her mouth.It was no coincidence either that she wasn’t a very good saleswoman.
One day during a meeting ,Esther was introduced to an important customer, a mature woman.
“Nice to meet you,” she said.”How old are you?” The customer looked awkward.
“Forty? Forty-five?” said Esther.“You look much older.And your friend…She’s older than you,but she looks much younger!”
On another occasion,Esther teased a typist, “Hey!When’s your baby due?”
The typist went red and contradicted Esther.“Actually,I’m not pregnant,” she said.
“Oh, sorry,” said Esther without any apology.” Just putting on a little weight,huh?”
Esther was never cautious about other people’s feelings. One of her acquaintances, a salwsman in the firm,was going through a very messy divorce and was very depressed. She tried to cheer him up.”Forget her!She was a complete fool. No one liked her anyway.”
Much of the time,Esther said the first thing to come into her head. One day at work, a clerk came into the office with a new hairstyle.
“Nice haircut,” said Esther not say.”
Esther replied,”Well, anyhow,either you paid too much or you paid too little.”
She met a very famous writer once.“Hey, what a coincidence!” she said.“You’re writing a book and I’m reading one!”
The trouble with Esther was she said what she though,and didn’t think about what she said.A young man was trying to be modest about his new job many miles away.
“ I guess the company chose me so they’d get some peace in the office,” he smiled.
“No,I guess they chose you to discourage you from spending your whole career with us,” Esther replied sweetly.
Once,Esther went to a brunch party to meet some old school friends on the anniversary Of their graduation.She greeted the hostess.
“Do you remember that guy you were dating?What happened to him?” she asked. “You know, the ugly one.”At that moment,a man up and stood by her friend. “Esther , I’d like you to meet my husband,” she said.
“Charles,this is…”
Esther interrupted her, “Hey,so you married him!”

你这是拿分来谋杀。。
我简短的说好了Esther Greenbaum是一个公司的销售员。她应该是世界上最直眼不讳的人（大嘴吧）。她的座右铭是每当我张开嘴吧，我能把脚都塞进去。
她最大的毛病是处理私人的谈话时完全忽略了别人的感受。或许不是这样，只是她找错了方法去表达，不知道基本的社交交流方式，每次张嘴说话时就会犯条理上的错误。不一致在于她却是一个很好的销售员。
一次，她去见公司的一个重要客户。
“您好。” 您今年多大？”客户脸上很尴尬。
她却追问：“40了？45？” 你看起来老多了，但你的朋友比你大，看起来她却比你年轻多了！”
另外一次，她对打字员说：“你的孩子甚么时候出生？”
打字员生气地答道：“我可不是准妈妈。”
“哦，你确定只是比原来长胖了点吗？啊？”
她也从不细心别人的感受。一次，她的同事刚离婚而且非常低落。她想帮助他好过点。说：忘掉她吧，她就是个笨蛋。没人会在乎她了，不管怎么样。”
她碰到了一个知名作家，她说：“多么巧合啊，你现在写的书跟我现在读的完全一样啊。”
麻烦跟随着她因为她想甚么就说甚么。他公司新来的员工对自己得到的工作很认真地说：
“他们选我是因为他们想得到些安静的工作环境，我是一个很踏实沉稳的人。”
不是吧，我猜他们选你是要你丧失和我们在一起工作的勇气吧。”她甜美地笑着回答。
又一次，她去一个早午餐PARTY，碰到原来学校的同学，这个PARTY是为了庆祝毕业的周年纪念。她迎着主持人说：你还记得你那次约会的男人吗？就是最丑的那个？你们的约会最后如何？”主持人小说地说：恩，我想你应该见下我老公。老公，这是我的。。。。”
“哦，后来你跟他结婚了。”她抢先把话说完了。