As far as observations go, small talk from my point of view is to see other peoples attitudes, but information value of small talks drops after a while as everything was said.
Small talk does not mean people will like you though or know you better or necessarily lead to anything good. It just means that if by chance someone shares your attitudes you might bond over the fact you have same attitudes and then conversation leads to better chance of having something more meaningful to say.
However people are from different walks of life often times live different lives and have different habits.
As far as observations go, small talk from my point of view is to see other peoples attitudes, but information value of small talks drops after a while as everything was said.
Small talk does not mean people will like you though or know you better or necessarily lead to anything good. It just means that if by chance someone shares your attitudes you might bond over the fact you have same attitudes and then conversation leads to better chance of having something more meaningful to say.
However people are from different walks of life often times live different lives and have different habits.