It is ironic because earlier in the plane, I had been reading a book that was exactly on this topic - making better small talk. Most of the ideas, I have tried at some point or the other because they are fairly commonsense but success can be mixed. One person given an opening will run with it, make your job a breeze. Another will not do anything with it or turn it a direction where nothing fun happens - like this woman and her wonderful accessories. I was friendly, chatty and admired her glasses but that did not prompt her to share much more. In large part it was the place and time - I was obviously pretty tired and needed rest. She was being polite but decided against wasting my time. It was a valid reason. But exactly the same outcome could have happened in a social environment as well. The person who decides to pass on an opening to share a fun story or interesting fact does that for some good reason. In the least it is a logical reason for them.
I did not see the woman again for the rest of my stay so have no way of knowing if in a more opportune moment the conversation would have gone differently.
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