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Street strangers talking
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We all get random people passing in the streets approaching us. Sometimes they sit next to you on a park bench and want to talk, may be after your small change, ask for directions or are simply nutters who are likely to be trouble
Do you entertain strangers who stop you in the streets about?
Do you entertain strangers who stop you in the streets about?
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not for laughs, i just do that
:P
Is this how you met your other hal... I mean stalker?
I hate stranger talking only time I don't mind it is when I am working, dodging the bloody leaflet people and survay people in glasgow is always a nightmare
I dont think I ever lost that bit of me when I was a kid that lets you talk to complete strangers and relate to them, keep talking because it seperates us from the other animals boys!
Rebel.
Man, I just need to tell this story right now about talking strangers up. So a friend of mine and me were biking in summer and since we both live on the outskirts of vienna (near the Donau) we cycled along the river into the city. My friend had one of these bikes where you can fasten your shoes to your pedals. When we biked up a ramp (from the river Wien) to a busy street I braked to think which direction to go next. My friend braked too and couldn't get out of his pedals and just fell flat on his side with the bike. Two cute girls were passing and said, "oh, are you hurt? This happened to me too once." Rather genuine. He muttered something and they went along. I said to him, "cool way to break the ice, let's catch them up and talk with them." So we did and asked where they were heading. They said to some kind of restaurant (about 15 minutes of walk) and asked if we would like to give them a lift on our handlebars (so they were pretty attractive) and my friend replied, "Well you just saw how dangerous that is!", they said, "hm, that's true." the traffic light went green and they were gone. Could have hit him.
I think that stereotype is too extreme. I've had plenty of random conversations with people in London - on the bus, in cafes, shops...
Today on the train I chatted to 2 seperate women about whether i was on the right train or not
Ice skating the other day a couple were watching and we got chatting to them. Both were holding beer cans and were obviously drunks, not very well off etc but were nice enough
I was walking home one day when 2 blokes about 40 odd walked past and said 'Excuse me love, you lookin for me?.... thats oneof the times i didnt wanna get in a conversation with them!
Yes, strangers can make a train journey and skate at the ice rink enjoyable
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I've had some great experiences talking to strangers. Unless they are nutters and the person isn't slowing my day down (e.g. waiting at a bus stop or airport), I'm very happy to chat.
I once met an old man who was at university and knew both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis who were lecturing there at the time. It's a long'ish story about how we met and what happened but it was an experience that I have never forgotten and it taught me not to dismiss the friendliness of strangers.
Random old people.
Except this one time on the train the guy next to me started talking, I would have talked back but I was in dire need of finishing some homework as I was on my way to class so I said a few words and opened my book... it was only as I got off that I noticed the book he was reading, a sort of how to guide on breaking out of your shell and being able to talk to people. I felt so bad and rude so I made sure to saygoodbye on the way out.