Do you say good morning anymore to people you don't know?
I was walking dow the street the other day, and held the shop door open for this mother and kids. Once passed me the littlest one , maybe about 5 yr old, said thank you. Lovely that was to hear her mother crushed it by saying don't talk to strangers.
Sad world it is today
2007-07-22 20:11:27 · 13 answers · asked by angelrose0105 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I've always remembered my mom telling me to smile and say hi, that smiling brings joy without even speaking. So a few years ago, I was walking to school and on my way by a city bus stop there was an old man sitting there. He looked up with a sad face, even in his eyes were sad. I smiled (I don't remember if I said hi or not) and the look he gave back to me was so beautiful. He smiled and for a moment I felt connected as though I felt his sadness, and I felt as though I brought some warmth for that day.
A smile goes a long way. And I'll never forget that.
2007-07-22 20:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by lasweetestever 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do, but I didn't always. Where we live people are usually pretty friendly. I was taken back by this when we moved here because I grew up and spent most of my life thus far living somewhere that has a reputation for people not being very friendly. Once I realized I could smile at people and say hello without them looking at me like "Do I know you?", it quickly became the norm. It's something I'm very comfortable with but I turn it off when I go visit my family back home because I know people there do not respond the way they do here. As far as this lady who was so rude to you, I think that is very odd and unusual for her to scold her child for saying a simple thank you. I am the most paranoid mother on earth and I can tell you there is no way I would have reacted this way had it been my child!
2007-07-22 20:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well seems like the child has learnt the manner from someone other than her mother! I think it is lovely. Some people have lost all good sense of what is good and bad. There are a lot of good people and since you were just being polite and not going to hang around the mother definitely quite rude to you.
2007-07-22 22:15:04 · answer #3 · answered by Angel_Daisy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is quite strange really, because where I grew up people don't say hi and hello to strangers. I moved to a bigger city and people were even more friendly, I found myself suspicious when others smile at me, or look at me and ask how my day was going. I changed my attitude over time and learned that people go through a lot of stress every day, and the least you can do for them is to smile when you pass them on the street. Really it makes a world of difference for someone's day.
2007-07-22 20:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by Tammy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do smile at people and say hi when I pass them. I think little things like that can help bring happiness to people. I know getting a smile from a stranger I pass helps me when I'm having a rough day. Great question!
2007-07-22 20:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny you should ask becuase I am an American who lives in England. I smile at everyone and say good morning or what ever it is at the time. This is not practiced by most brits towards people they dont know. people get worried and on trains and buses I have actually had people get up and move away. It drives my wife nuts when I do this (she is British) I keep it up becuase it is who I am and if it makes them uncomfortable for some one to be polite and friendly they will just have to deal with it.
I get a kick out of it at times.
My wife had lived at our house for 6 years prior to my moving in and she didnt even know any of the neighbours names (well she knew one families names) with in 4 months of me moving in we had had everone on our street to our house for dinner. now we have a bon-fire 2 or 3 times a year and everyone comes.
2007-07-22 20:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do. Maybe a little nod of acknowledgement at the most. It really depends on where you live. I'm from the Northwest and people are really friendly out here (The locals are...not the transplanted no good californians)
2007-07-22 20:34:57 · answer #7 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I smile at people as I pass them, but just briefly, and then I look away.
The mother you encountered doesn't sound very charming. It's actually not good for kids to fear every "stranger", either. I think you just ran in to a weird family.
2007-07-22 20:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, no...
...I hate it when you hold/open doors for people and they just walk on by saying no thank yous, as if they are royalty or something. It is so aggravating and it makes me just want to slam the door in their face!!! Oh well, that is society today.
2007-07-22 20:21:05 · answer #9 · answered by βread⊆ℜumbs™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-22 09:50:55 · answer #10 · answered by zaheer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋