do you entertain this thoroughly british phenomenon?

say for example you're standing at a bus stop/get in a lift with complete strangers or people who happen to work in the same building as you, would you happily engage in a bit of weather/current affairs chat or are you happy to embrace the silence?

i'm firmly in the "shut the fuck up unless you've got something interesting to say" camp, i find the incessant morning weather chat in my current place of employment incredibly irksome