small talk?

small talk under pressure isn't real small talk at all
it's more like a
-hi, how are you?
-i'm good good, how are you?
-i'm fine. um yea
-that's good
-okay...
-okay.
[silence]

other people would go on more about the weather or some problem they ran into
but forced small talk always ends in silence
troublesome

or maybe it's just me =)