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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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This is a spin off from the depression thread.
Myself and others suggested in the thread that people don't interact with people in the same way that people used to, mainly due to technology and social media etc.
I feel people don't even exchange a friendly smile or hello these days in a lot of places. Thankfully where I live strangers will say good morning as you pass in the street.
When I was in London last year, it was dire. I was getting strange looks for even chatting to my best friend.
So I reckon, we need to all just be a little kinder to each other and smile.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"This is a spin off from the depression thread.
Myself and others suggested in the thread that people don't interact with people in the same way that people used to, mainly due to technology and social media etc.
I feel people don't even exchange a friendly smile or hello these days in a lot of places. Thankfully where I live strangers will say good morning as you pass in the street.
When I was in London last year, it was dire. I was getting strange looks for even chatting to my best friend.
So I reckon, we need to all just be a little kinder to each other and smile.
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Agreed thats why i love my job theres always someone to talk to |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This actually made me think of a thread I made the other day about "resting bitch face". Maybe since most people seem to have this affliction we should all make a conscious effort to smile more!
(This will also help us "resting happy face" people attract less attention. Phew) |
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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago
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"This is a spin off from the depression thread.
Myself and others suggested in the thread that people don't interact with people in the same way that people used to, mainly due to technology and social media etc.
I feel people don't even exchange a friendly smile or hello these days in a lot of places. Thankfully where I live strangers will say good morning as you pass in the street.
When I was in London last year, it was dire. I was getting strange looks for even chatting to my best friend.
So I reckon, we need to all just be a little kinder to each other and smile.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I find when I'm outside of Liverpool that if I smile and say hello to someone, or start a random conversation while standing in a queue etc, people look at me like I'm a few shillings short. But back home in Liverpool its the complete opposite, some of my favourite convo's are the random ones when I'm waiting in line in the Aldi and someone starts general chit chat about anything, before you know it your balls deep in info about the ins an outs of their neighbours weird obsession with cleaning their windows at night (true story!) Thats 1 of the main things I miss when I'm away from my home city! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Good idea Ruby!
Smiling is infectious, you can catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed it round the corner, and someone saw me grin
When he smiled, I realised - I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about the smile and realised its worth.
A single smile like mine, could travel round the earth.
If you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected.
Let' start an epidemic quick - and get the world infected!
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good idea Ruby!
Smiling is infectious, you can catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed it round the corner, and someone saw me grin
When he smiled, I realised - I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about the smile and realised its worth.
A single smile like mine, could travel round the earth.
If you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected.
Let' start an epidemic quick - and get the world infected!
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Did you get that from a Christmas cracker? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good idea Ruby!
Smiling is infectious, you can catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed it round the corner, and someone saw me grin
When he smiled, I realised - I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about the smile and realised its worth.
A single smile like mine, could travel round the earth.
If you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected.
Let' start an epidemic quick - and get the world infected!
Did you get that from a Christmas cracker? "
It's a Spike Milligan classic I think! The thread reminded me of it, there was no author listed on the web page though! |
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It probably is a regional thing. I was in Birmingham a few weeks ago and people couldn't be friendlier.
Here in Wales it's pretty much normal to spark up conversations with strangers.
Cambridge was one of the most unfriendly places I've been to. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This actually made me think of a thread I made the other day about "resting bitch face". Maybe since most people seem to have this affliction we should all make a conscious effort to smile more!
(This will also help us "resting happy face" people attract less attention. Phew) "
Better than Resting Cum Face.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have a naturally smiley face. I drive my family crazy striking up conversations everywhere.
In fact earlier on today in Tesco I made BFFs work the lady in front of me in the queue |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I was in London last week and people were noticeably friendly. So much that it seemed a bit odd as it was unexpected. It was really nice though. "
Now that is strange  |
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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago
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"I was in London last week and people were noticeably friendly. So much that it seemed a bit odd as it was unexpected. It was really nice though. "
I had to go in to Victoria last week and had a wonderful afternoon. Got chatting to an Australian struggling to make his way to Bayswater by tube... we got the same tube as I was headed back to Paddington, had a right laugh and we've friended eachother on Facebook as a result of a smile |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I was in London last week and people were noticeably friendly. So much that it seemed a bit odd as it was unexpected. It was really nice though.
I had to go in to Victoria last week and had a wonderful afternoon. Got chatting to an Australian struggling to make his way to Bayswater by tube... we got the same tube as I was headed back to Paddington, had a right laugh and we've friended eachother on Facebook as a result of a smile "
That's a perfect example of what I was meaning |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This is a spin off from the depression thread.
Myself and others suggested in the thread that people don't interact with people in the same way that people used to, mainly due to technology and social media etc.
I feel people don't even exchange a friendly smile or hello these days in a lot of places. Thankfully where I live strangers will say good morning as you pass in the street.
When I was in London last year, it was dire. I was getting strange looks for even chatting to my best friend.
So I reckon, we need to all just be a little kinder to each other and smile.
"
This probably isn't going to help you're thread but...
When I was in Paddington Station this February, I stopped into their kafkaesque McDonalds. I ordered a buyer off this 16-17 year old blase Londoner as she handed it to me with a limp, disinterested wrist and the rolling eyes of an "I'm to good good for this" attitude I said "Thank you".
She laughed at me.
Genuinely laughed at me.
As if saying thank you was as quaint and ridiculous as to warrant open mockery.
She turned away from me without saying another word. I got on my (delayed due to staff shortages) train and had two nice chats on the way back to Wales. All the time thinking what weird and frankly, idiotic people SOME Londoner are. A lot are great, but many are unfathomably irksome. |
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