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Another interesting thing to remember is that it's very common for a stranger to greet you if they are intoxicated with alcohol !
Originally posted by davespanners
Dogs are a great social leveler,who could be grumpy with a lovely fluffy creature like that
Originally posted by Jess_Undefined
I noticed this same thing! Im a very friendly person and try to say Hello to everyone I pass, and alot of the time I get a very awkward look or they completely ignore it.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
Sir ?
I'm of the opinion you're on to something.
This means that is a social problem. People make up artificial boundaries.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
It is strange, how many people suddenly release the ''joys of spring'' when they've had a couple to drink.l boundaries.
It does seem, on many occasions, that a lot of people drinking are doing so to release their ''introvertism''...
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
DISRAELI and orange-light...
You raise a good point in mentioning how the attitude changes in the countryside, parks or more sparsely populated areas.
Greeting a stranger is more frequent in these areas, but even in these areas in and around my city, it's much more common for people to completely blank you.
Originally posted by DeathTribble
That is an interesting observation. In the US too, we are more likely to greet a stranger at a vacation destination, in the woods hiking, etc. Perhaps it is as simple as being more relaxed (which doesn't generally happen walking in a city), and there simply being too many strangers around to greet (then, it would get even weirder as you greet some strangers and not others).
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
so they assume that somebody talking to them in a friendly manner has an ulterior motive for doing so.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
What I've noticed also is that on the odd occasion that a stranger does say ''hello'' to me, they are invariably from the older generation, which leads me to believe that acknowledging people in this way was more commonplace in the not so distant past.