Comments on: HOPE: Choosing something other than default

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:04:54 +0000

It’s complicated even further in my age group, where asking, “What do you do?” implies you want to know what their occupation is (but they may have none as a young person) and asking, “Where do you go to school/What are studying?” implies you think they’re not age enough, etc. to have a career. I’ll have to think about finding a better question, maybe your question, “What do you like to do for fun?” to avoid these potentially uncomfortable situations.

By: Carvel

Carvel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:35:34 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Steve.
Whenever I meet someone new or try to get better acquainted, I usually remember (after years of trying to reduce my stereotyping/pigeonholing of people) to not slavishly asking about occupation, whether he/she’s LDS, where he/she lives, etc.
Making this effort helps me focus instead on finding something I have in common, or perhaps on asking something such as, “What do you like to do for fun?”