There’s a fascinating article at Reader’s Digest about a guy who decided to try saying hello to everyone in his path for a month. The results, although probably predictable, are quite interesting. He notes that it’s not as easy as you’d think, and I’m right with him there: I struggle to be friendly to strangers for who knows what reason (I’m chalking it up to shyness, but there are probably a dozen other things in the way as well). The Beloved One, on the other hand, has no problem saying hello to all and sundry, although this might be because of her job.
If I can get over the shyness and “weirded-outed-ness” of saying hi to strangers for a few days, I’ll let you all know how it goes. Anyone else keen to try this experiment? Or are you already extroverted enough to not need to do this?
[Link: Reader's Digest - What if you said hello to everyone in your path for a month?]
Hello Fayyaad
well i would say its not that tough to say simple hello to anyone everyday infact this develops an effection n brings smile on others faces.:)
so a big HELLO to uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Hmmm. I don’t say “hello” to EVERYONE that I meet, but I do greet a fair amount of people per day. I find that people generally react positively. I often strike up conversations with total strangers in queues to ease the boredom.
Mostly I get people talking to me first and then me taking the conversation from there. I’m not sure why people respond in this way, maybe I look approachable…or maybe I attract excessively friendly people. Mind you, I have no qualms about being excessively friendly either…as the Feeyaad has so rightly noted.
Yep – you are very approachable, fecknusername
I, on the other hand, often got asked (on the streets of Cape Town) why I was looking cross, lol.