Stranger yet friendly

raaiindrops
raaiindrops Posts: 134
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Do you give a smile to the stranger whom we meet almost daily (While travelling to office or gym/tempel/chruch).....
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  • channadugger
    channadugger Posts: 48
    Absolutely. Always remember to smile. It looks good on ya! :happy:
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    I take the NYC Subway to work, so not on the way to work ever.

    However, I always smile at all the strangers I meet in stores, I meet see at the mall, walking the office, walking in the street. I live in NJ and people don't ever expect it, LOL
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
    Sure do! :happy:
  • raaiindrops
    raaiindrops Posts: 134
    While travelling to office there are few faces with whom i have never interacted but we acknowledge each other ( I travel by local train)
  • Justme030
    Justme030 Posts: 255 Member
    Always, something I notice is guys will wave when you pass them driving but girls don't haha. I will wave at a girl and unless they know me do not get a wave back.
  • bloominheck
    bloominheck Posts: 869 Member
    Always :smile:
  • megalin9
    megalin9 Posts: 771 Member
    I always make eye contact and smile and usually say, "Good morning," or something. It bothers me when the person I'm passing doesn't make eye contact or acknowledge me.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I smile at small children and animals.
  • TyTy76
    TyTy76 Posts: 1,761 Member
    I smile at small children and animals.

    Well that's weird..
  • clobern
    clobern Posts: 341 Member
    I smile and/or nod and/or say hi to almost everyone I see... except at work. I know them... -_-
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
    I smile and try to make an attempt to say something to almost everyone. You never know who that person is and what they're thinking. A simple smile and a How are you today and ACTUALLY LISTEN to their response. Most the time I'll ask and get an automatic "good and you" or something similar. Every now and then someone will mention something and it's easier to strike up a conversation.

    Something as simple as the weather being great could lead into a tid bit of knowledge about that person and who knows where that can go!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    smiling always breaks the ice with strangers.

    Sheldon__s_smile_by_demaniore.jpg
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    I smile at everyone. But I live in Canada, so smiling at people is pretty much the law here.
  • trailtripper
    trailtripper Posts: 71
    I wave at almost everyone I meet. Most also get a smile and a quite hi:smile: A few get the one finger wave depending on their actions. :grumble: A rare few will get my personal attention because of their lack of social skills in public. :explode:
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Do you give a smile to the stranger whom we meet almost daily (While travelling to office or gym/tempel/chruch).....

    You're running into this person an awful lot. If you see them at the office, the gym, the temple, and then at church it's a good bet that they're probably stalking you. Smiling at them will just encourage them to continue.
  • JeffseekingV
    JeffseekingV Posts: 3,165 Member
    I took this to mean to *kitten* with the other hand
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    i try not to make eye contact, I hate people.
  • raaiindrops
    raaiindrops Posts: 134
    You got it completely wrong..............Not the same person you will surely not meet the same person everywhere you go.
    it is either office or gym or........

    office or gym/tempel/chruch).....
    Do you give a smile to the stranger whom we meet almost daily (While travelling to office or gym/tempel/chruch).....

    You're running into this person an awful lot. If you see them at the office, the gym, the temple, and then at church it's a good bet that they're probably stalking you. Smiling at them will just encourage them to continue.
  • ornatelykate
    ornatelykate Posts: 8
    You're all very nice. I moved from Pennsylvania to New Jersey - in NJ people are mostly rude so I would find myself getting upset when I'd be overly nice and they weren't the same way back. Unfortunately, over time, I've been conditioned to only smile when someone smiles at me. ALSO sometimes guys assume a smile means you're interested - so I keep my head down! It's sad!
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    Eye contact and a smile. I have even been told that I made someone's day that way. It costs nothing and brightens my mood!
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    Always, all of them. I believe in creating a sense of community wherever I go, and it starts with a smile every time.
  • Buddhasmiracle
    Buddhasmiracle Posts: 925 Member
    I take the NYC Subway to work, so not on the way to work ever.

    However, I always smile at all the strangers I meet in stores, I meet see at the mall, walking the office, walking in the street. I live in NJ and people don't ever expect it, LOL

    I lived and worked in Manhattan for many years, and took the subway. I smiled or nodded at strangers on the subway, mostly because with regular commute patterns you see the same people of the platform and hopping the same cars in the same doors. Kind of like family.

    I also lived in NJ and commuted on NJT into Manhattan. Strangers in town were friendly to one another, even at the DMV. NJT commuters were edgier than NYC subway commuters, maybe from paying such high property taxes.

    I moved to Charleston SC last year and my experience thus far is most strangers not only smile, but will strike up a conversation with you if you don't move quickly.
  • raaiindrops
    raaiindrops Posts: 134
    Most of the cities have a set pattern........
    I take the NYC Subway to work, so not on the way to work ever.

    However, I always smile at all the strangers I meet in stores, I meet see at the mall, walking the office, walking in the street. I live in NJ and people don't ever expect it, LOL

    I lived and worked in Manhattan for many years, and took the subway. I smiled or nodded at strangers on the subway, mostly because with regular commute patterns you see the same people of the platform and hopping the same cars in the same doors. Kind of like family.

    I also lived in NJ and commuted on NJT into Manhattan. Strangers in town were friendly to one another, even at the DMV. NJT commuters were edgier than NYC subway commuters, maybe from paying such high property taxes.

    I moved to Charleston SC last year and my experience thus far is most strangers not only smile, but will strike up a conversation with you if you don't move quickly.
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    Unless it is someone who gives me a bad vibe, I usually do. I walk on my lunch hour and see several of the same people almost everyday. I also smile at some people who I've never seen before. It's kind of strange because I'm not really outgoing or overly social in any other way.
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    I always smile at people, but some people can be miserable and look at me like I am the Devil or something. It's good when people respond though as I am always reminded of this poem:

    Smiling is infectious
    You catch it like the flu
    When someone smiled at me today
    I started smiling too
    I walked around the corner
    And someone saw me grin
    When he smiled I realised
    I had passed it on to him
    I thought about the smile
    And then realised its worth
    A single smile like mine
    Could travel round the earth
    So if you feel a smile begin
    Don't leave it undetected
    Start an epidemic
    And get the world infected.
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    I smile and say hello to everyone. Except this one chick I see at the track occasionally - she didn't return my friendly greeting so now I'm going to hunt her down.
  • raaiindrops
    raaiindrops Posts: 134
    Like the poem. Really nice:bigsmile:
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    Like the poem. Really nice:bigsmile:

    It's lovely isn't it, it was hung up in one of my class rooms back in high school. It may have been over ten years but I still think about it and that makes me smile. Life is too short to be miserable.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I pass the same lady every day on my way to exercise. Being that it's 6 am and dark out, i doubt she'd notice.
  • raaiindrops
    raaiindrops Posts: 134
    May be she is also thinking the same way as you are thinking,


    I pass the same lady every day on my way to exercise. Being that it's 6 am and dark out, i doubt she'd notice.

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