--- title: Best of Reddit October 2017, Funniest Threads description: TIME's weekly roundup brings you the best and most surprising things happening on Reddit canonical: https://time.com/4976650/best-of-reddit-1/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-12T19:24:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:24.522Z og:title: Why Exactly Do People Insist on Making Small Talk in an Elevator? og:description: TIME's weekly roundup brings you the best and most surprising things happening on Reddit og:url: https://time.com/4976650/best-of-reddit-1/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Exactly Do People Insist on Making Small Talk in an Elevator? twitter:description: TIME's weekly roundup brings you the best and most surprising things happening on Reddit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Why Do People Insist on Making Awkward Small Talk in an Elevator? by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 12, 2017 7:24 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 12, 2017 7:24 PM UTC _TIME’s new weekly roundup brings you the best and most surprising things happening on_ [_Reddit_](http://reddit.com)_:_ ## **Why make small talk with people in an elevator?** A [user on Ask Reddit posed the question](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/75ird9/people%5Fwho%5Ftry%5Fto%5Fmake%5Fsmall%5Ftalk%5Ffor%5Fthe%5F20/): “People who try to make small talk for the 20 seconds you are on an elevator with someone else, why do you do that?” Some of the answers were illuminating: --- > “” --- ## Tales From the Pizza Guy Ever wonder if that person who delivered your pizza has some incredible stories? [Tales From the Pizza Guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromThePizzaGuy/) is where delivery drivers share some of their weirdest or most interesting encounters while out on the job. One of the [top posts of all time](https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromThePizzaGuy/comments/5k3u0n/how%5Fi%5Fbumped%5Fmy%5Ftip%5Fup%5F30%5Fin%5F5%5Fseconds/) came from a driver who was given the chance to make a gigantic $30 tip — but only if he could freestyle some dope rhymes. [Here’s what he came up with](https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromThePizzaGuy/comments/5k3u0n/how%5Fi%5Fbumped%5Fmy%5Ftip%5Fup%5F30%5Fin%5F5%5Fseconds/). ## **Porgs Rule in This** **_Star Wars_** **Photoshop Battle** If you haven’t heard of Porgs, they’re the almost unbearably cute new alien revealed in the lastest trailer for December’s [_Star Wars: The Last Jedi._](http://time.com/4974707/star-wars-last-jedi-new-trailer/)redditors had a good old [Photoshop battle](http://time.com/4939437/kid-astronaut-photoshop-battle/) so they could edit Porgs onto all kinds of wacky situations (including [this movie poster by redditor shashakeitup](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/75gvmg/psbattle%5Fporg%5Ffrom%5Fstar%5Fwars%5Fthe%5Flast%5Fjedi/do61zco/) with a Porg replacing the titular Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker).  ## **The Easiest Way to Figure Out Where to Eat Tonight** Reddit user 03mark87 [may have just solved a common relationship problem with his latest invention](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/75307a/i%5Fmade%5Fmy%5Fwife%5Fa%5Frestaurant%5Fselector%5Fout%5Fof%5Fa%5Fsee/). He turned an old See n’ Say into a restaurant selector as a birthday present for his wife. If the pair can’t settle on where to go out for dinner, they can simply press down on a lever and a spinning banana will choose where they’ll eat.  03mark87 ## **Reddit Writes About a World With Unlimited Money** If a genie granted you “infinite wealth,” but the FBI was after you for destroying the economy, how would it play out? People had [some creative original stories in response to this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/75chif/wp%5Fthe%5Fgenie%5Fgranted%5Fyour%5Fwish%5Ffor%5Finfinite%5Fmoney/) on the popular [Writing Prompts subreddit,](https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/) where amateur authors write stories based on a single suggestion. 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