ill give you an example.. Im currently being outsourced to this agency im sitting in a cubical and there are 4 women around me the only thing they talk about every fking day for the past 2 months has been, What shoes are you going to buy, When are you going to get your hair done, when are we going to go shopping together, He said this she said that, unfunny as fuk jokes, what are we going to eat, who wants chocolate, ye lets have dinner sometime. This combination has been going on for the past 2 months everyday. So yes They have nothing else to talk about worth my time or effort i get what i want from them and just disregard everything else they apparently have to offer. no hate just daily observations. So when you said it's the norm. maybe your very luck then cuz its not the norm for me :)