7."Do you generally travel down on this train?"I asked him.That's usually a safe opening to a conversation,because either they do travel or they don't.and nine times out of ten they'll tell you why. and what hours they work,and what their work is.It's only human nature.But he just smiled and shook his head and said,"Not generally,"which wasn't much help.7. “Do you generally travel down on this train?” I asked him. That’s usually a safe opening to a conversation, because either they do travel or they don’t, and nine times out of ten they’ll tell you why, and what hours they work, and what their work is. It’s only human nature. But he just smiled and shook his head and said, “Not generally, ” which wasn’t much help