Peasants Talk Pointlessly

 The peasantry has high demand for excuses to not do anything. 

  Peasants like talking about the weather precisely because talking about the weather is completely pointless. Nobody doesn't already know. You can't do anything about it.

 The public norms of communication are deliberately arranged to make it as difficult as possible to get anything done. 

 Almost any productive input is considered rude. The only thing you can politely do is rehash what is already known. If you're very lucky, you can get a peasant to tell you something you would have soon learned through context. Even attempting to extend what was said is considered a play for dominance, rather than a ploy for construction and accumulation. They won't let you build up, they will only counter-attack.

 Peasants like talking during retail precisely because it's completely pointless. The only things the clerk can do for you that you can't do for yourself are things they're going to do regardless of what you say.

 The only way to successfully communicate with a peasant is as a non-peer, through commands. Do not explain, simply order. If they did it wrong, order them in such a way that they do it differently this time. Don't try to make them understand why they're doing it - they're not verbal or articulate enough to understand. Just tell them what to do step-by-step. Have them memorize it by rote. 

 When they say 90% of communication is nonverbal, they're being class-specific. These ones don't know what words mean, and consequently the content of the words can't matter. 90% is simply the highest non-100 percentage that you can express at the precision of one significant digit. 

 If you can't get the peasant to assume you're a non-peer, then it's best not to attempt to communicate with one at all, because it's impossible. You can safely ignore anything that comes out of their mouths. It was deliberately designed to be as irrelevant as possible. They can't understand anything that comes out of yours, unless they already understood it.

 When peasants complain that their work or lives seem pointless, it is in fact humblebragging. If it makes them sullen, that was the goal. They have a rule about not immediately repeating yourself, because it gives away the game, which is hilarious because it stops them from talking only and always about the weather, which is what would make them happy. "Wow you're tall." <= if it was something you couldn't help but notice on your own, it wouldn't come up.
 If it wasn't waste of breath, they wouldn't have said it.