I have realiezed recently that well I do not really know how to put words to it.... but I guess this has become a pet peve of mine:
Our school is pretty small... so the chances of seeing someone you have had a class with or are in a class with around are pretty good. It kills me when I see someone, and I know they see and recognize me, yet they turn their head while I look straight at them and give them a friendly smile. I am not really sure why people do this. Whats the harm in a friendly head nod... aknowledging that someone exists. Maybe I just put too much thought into things. You know the saying "you never know the kind of day someone is having so smile, and you'll receive one in return" or something like that... You remember the old BMW comercials.. where one person would see a BMW bug and smile, and someoen else would see them smile and smile and someone different and each time someone's day would get brighter.. why can't our campus be like that? Or is this too much of a friendly, hippie, lovey thing to say. You never know who you are nice to or mean to. You never know who is watching. So why not pass on a friendly smile or head nod the next time you see someone you kind of recognize or know? and see how your day turns out... possibly a lot happier.. with all the smiles and hellos you get. Just a thought. "Pay it forward"
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I hate it when people do that. It's rude. Though sometimes I will admit I have been the one abstaining from smiling because I either just don't recognize the person or am completely off in Lala Land. That latter is waaay more frequent than the other.
People just aren't the good ol' SOuthern folk they used to be. Haha.
i COMPLETELY agree! If I have a class with someone and never talk to them then i understand... they're probably not going to look my way while passing me on the side walk. But if they know who I am.. really, how hard is it to smile?
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