I get my... bouncy days, where I'll try and start a conversation with a stranger for the simple reason of connecting socially and maybe brightening the person's day. I mean, if I get to a point where I can't carve out for myself a good reason not to, I'm usually going to initiate. Especially if someone is working but not busy. I mean, I trust enough in my social graces, that it pretty much just comes down to whether or not I can think up an introduction. Just the other week I noticed a security guard working for a security firm owned by my friend, and filled a good 20 minutes of his night with questions about his job, and good ol' sports banter. Now, whenever I'm in the neighbourhood, I'll stop by his 24-hour pharmacy and listen to his stories of busting punk kids lol.
But the key here is that I never run into any problems doing this in my city. In certain bigger cities that I've lived in, I do this much less often because it's just not the social standard.
But the key here is that I never run into any problems doing this in my city. In certain bigger cities that I've lived in, I do this much less often because it's just not the social standard.
