Do you say hello to strangers?

13 Mar 2009

While out and about in normal life I often find myself talking to strangers. I have never thought about why or how it happens I just find myself doing it.
My children often ask if I know the person and say you will just talk to anyone.
So I thought I would set up a thread so that you could say hello to someone you would not normally talk to. lol

So I will start by saying
Hi Choochie,
How are you today?

13 Mar 2009

i can talk to strangers easily now ,but when i was young was too i am more relaxed or self confident but am ok chatting to strangers now .
so hello everyone :wave2:

13 Mar 2009

Depends how strange they are :shock:
On a scale of 1 to Theladyisaminx, can you define the level of oddity? bolt

13 Mar 2009

Hello Alex wave

What are you suppose to be doing today? lol

I should be be doing a million and one things :P

13 Mar 2009

Hello Alexcdm kiss

It's much easier talking to strangers via this medium. I'm not good at initiating conversations with strangers but will always reply and smile. I regularly say sorry to strangers though rolleyes

usually because of something my kids or I have done.

13 Mar 2009

I always say hello to whoever is walking past me - whether I know them or not. Rarely do they not answer back.
I'd like to say hello wave

and :welcome: to all the new forum posters who arrived during my absence :smile:

13 Mar 2009

no!
Strangers are wierd!
lp

13 Mar 2009

I find myself chatting to strangers all the time :usually about something inane but maybe mildly amusing.A friend of my Dad's still wears a trilby hat in all weathers and raises it to greet passers-by whether he knows them or not.I want to be like that when I'm in my eighties too.
Having said that how do we feel about our kids talking to strangers?
xx Mr Two

13 Mar 2009

I like to smile & say hi to folks I pass in the street.
I'll sometimes get a 'gosh you're wierd' look, but mostly I get smile back. smile

It kinda makes my day if I say hi to someone who was looking decidely stressed, and they respond with a smile. I feel I've lightened their mood, saddo that I am biggrin

BTW random, I like your new signature, it brought back many memories of watching it with my kids. Good on yer :thumbup:
mrs kns

13 Mar 2009

i was brought up in a small village where you always said hello to everyone wether you knew them or not in fact a murderer was caught many many years ago when he passed trough our village and didn't say hello back to someone out walking thier dog which when the locals were asked if they had seen anyone suspicious that night the guy spoke up and said yes actually i did he didn't say hello so he gave a description and they caught him funny to think had he said a simple hello he might not of been caught well at least not as quickly
i say hello daily to peeps n mr b often says who was that thinkin i must know them lol

13 Mar 2009

I often smile and talk to strangers - makes me smile to smile at people and vice versa.
When I go back down to old haunts in London though this often causes people at bus stops to look as if they want to call the police!
Once upon a time when I used to tour guide herds of wee Americans round London it was always soooo amusing to see peoples' faces when my groups, accustomed to small-town friendliness in deepest Texas or wherever, would try to strike up conversations with commuters on the Circle Line!

13 Mar 2009

I can be quite shy at times but occasionaly I will make an observation out of the blue (in a checkout que or some such) which makes those around smile and add their own little bit, thereby starting up a conversation.
Why I'm shy I don't know, I spend most of my day's stood in front of classes trying to make Networking sound interesting!

13 Mar 2009

Nope I don't, well not unless they ask me for directions or help or something
After living in a village where everyone knew everyone (& everything) I like being a "nobody" town centre type person.
I like being the "stranger"
This Christmas just gone a neighbour asked my name so she could send me a card - lived here 4 years. redface

13 houses in the street lol

14 Mar 2009

I moved from a busy town about 2 years ago where it was normal practice to put your head down and just keep going. After moving to a small village, where everyone i passed in the street had a cheery hello for me it I enjoyed being the first to say hello to anyone and everyone (hmmmm sounds like the chat rooms lol

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It took my little boy a while to work it out - i remember him saying to me one day "Mum - why do you say hello to everyone??" - my answer "Cos its only polite and it is great to speak to new people"
I've since moved out of that village to a much smaller place and even now if we are spotted around the old place people i barely knew except to say hello to are asking where we have gone because they've not seen us around lately which in its own way brings a smile to my face.
But after my ramblings, back to the point of the thread - i'd like to say hello to Bouncy, hope you are going to have a great weekend x

14 Mar 2009

Usually people just look the other way, Im clearly not very good on the eye

14 Mar 2009

Quote by Sarcasticcupid
Usually people just look the other way, Im clearly not very good on the eye

Oh I don't know redface

14 Mar 2009

Hello stranger btw wink

14 Mar 2009

Im the same Minxy, its official you Bouncy and I are "The Nutters on the Bus"

14 Mar 2009

Quote by fluff_n_stuff
Usually people just look the other way, Im clearly not very good on the eye

Oh I don't know redface

ops:

14 Mar 2009

Quote by Ms_Whips
i say hello to strangers. i usually find that people will speak more if you;
have a dog,
1)have a horse,
2)dress in horsey gear,
3)dress in walking clothes.
whips

4)Pull in a car park with nothing on but fetish gear ,wind down the window and spread your legs open

14 Mar 2009

Quote by Silk and Big G
i say hello to strangers. i usually find that people will speak more if you;
have a dog,
1)have a horse,
2)dress in horsey gear,
3)dress in walking clothes.
whips

4)Pull in a car park with nothing on but fetish gear ,wind down the window and spread your legs open
rotflmao

:high-smile: :grin:

14 Mar 2009

Quote by Purple_bug_
I moved from a busy town about 2 years ago where it was normal practice to put your head down and just keep going. After moving to a small village, where everyone i passed in the street had a cheery hello for me it I enjoyed being the first to say hello to anyone and everyone (hmmmm sounds like the chat rooms .)
It took my little boy a while to work it out - i remember him saying to me one day "Mum - why do you say hello to everyone??" - my answer "Cos its only polite and it is great to speak to new people"
I've since moved out of that village to a much smaller place and even now if we are spotted around the old place people i barely knew except to say hello to are asking where we have gone because they've not seen us around lately which in its own way brings a smile to my face.
But after my ramblings, back to the point of the thread - i'd like to say hello to Bouncy, hope you are going to have a great weekend x

:welcome: hey purple bug hunny having a lovely weekend ty hope you are too kiss

14 Mar 2009

Quote by Silk and Big G
Im the same Minxy, its official you Bouncy and I are "The Nutters on the Bus"

:silly: wat ya tryin to say lol

14 Mar 2009

I've spoken to a few strange people. Is that the same? :dry:

14 Mar 2009

Hmm, bus stops, buses, shops, supermarkets. Yeah, anyone. Can't think of anywhere I've not got chatting to a complete stranger. Apart from public loos.

14 Mar 2009

Speak to more strangers since the smoking ban - sociable lot smokers
rolleyes

But
Definately walkers, usually on hills miles from anywhere and canal boaters brilliant in't it biggrin

Jane xx

16 Mar 2009

Part of my job was talking to strangers, and some were strange.
Yes, I talk to strangers, to pass the time of day. Sitting on the train, in the bar, in fact the hotel bar is sometimes the place to go to talk to strangers. Sometimes the next table in a restaurant, I once got an invite to a party at a restaurant. We got an invite to a party, I think he liked the look of my wife.
yes, I nod to folk as I pass.
It has lead to being ignored and swept of my feet, or is that not manly?
Travis
and always say Hi or grunt to walkers as we pass on trails.

16 Mar 2009

Something that Jane and Travis have both said got me to thinking.............
I do a lot of walking too and everyone I pass on the trail says hello. It's the same when you're out on the bike - another biker will nod or wave as they pass you.
Funny how you never just say hello when passing someone in the street or shops and never wave at a passing motorist ( driver's sign language aside that is :giggle: )