Getting my haircut tomorrow. I dread the small talk. Too bad they can’t knock you out like at the dentist.
Philip of Macedon got it right.
'How do you want your hair cut, your Majesty?'
'In silence'
Often attributed to the even more appalling Enoch Powell, although he was quoting P of M.
Also there need some code for taxi drivers to be, or preferably not chatty.