Which type of person are you?

In regards to passing folk in the street as you go about your business, are you the type of person that would say 'hello' or whatever, or are you the type to carry on past them without even looking etc?


On my travels, I must pass hundreds of folk every day and I'm one of those blokes that'll always look to say 'hello' or whatever (usually say "oreight" though) with a smile. Maybe it's the way I was brought up, I don't know. Obviously though, if the other person is doing their damnedest to not even make eye-contact I don't bother.


Random question I know, but there you go.

 

Same as you mate,but that's life in a village. Different in a Town or City

 

If I am out walking the dog I will say hello to other dog walkers and even stop to have a chat with some but if I am just walking through town I don't really bother.

 

When I'm back home in my village I say hello to everyone. Here if they are willing to make eye contact I smile, it's one of the things I most missed when I moved here. Also, here it will depend on their age, I wouldn't smile at someone below 50 probably, and I almost definitely would if they were above 50. Likewise, if they have a dog I probably will.

 

I'm an 'oreight' kind of person too, usually accompanied by a slight nod of the head. Sometimes I've noticed that I tend to copy what the other person says if they get in first though. If they say morning I'll reply with morning for some reason.

I also seem to spend most of my life holding doors open for people. I walk through the door glancing behind me and there is ALWAYS someone just at that awkward distance that's a bit too far away to just naturally hold the door but just close enough that if you leave it you look ignorant so I end up holding it thinking 'come on, get a bloody move on'.

 

I live in Sheffield...I find it's best not to encourage them in any form of communication.

 

Worked all over country , and we are the friendliest in Yorkshire

 

Eyup I`m Greg Hairyarse.

 

Do the Briggs Myers test.

 

The less folk that are about (countryside, dog walking, small villages etc) the more likely you are to say hello.

you'd be some kind of weirdo to say hello to everyone you passed in a town or city.

 

Depends,if there's only a few folk about and I pass somebody and make eye contact ill say oreight or morning,if they ignore me it takes all my willpower not to pull the ignorant ******* up and fill them in.sithi.

 

LOL. Same here. How very dare they!

 

Used tae live in Dundee and usually it was a case of heads down. But 10 years ago I moved to the suburb of Broughty Ferry and almost immediately I noticed that folk wished you good morning. Now it has become second nature to wish perfect strangers good day or whatever.
Nice to be nice as they say.

 

Can't be doing with rude boys fella,there's a manager where I work and he's the most ignorant lovely person I've ever come across,twice this two hat has been behind when I've walked through a door and held it open for him and the Shithouse ain't said a word, no thankyou or owt.Third time i held the door and waited till he got about a foot away and let the fcuker go,if he hadn't have put his hand up it would have smacked him straight in the schnozzer,the ponytail sporting ingnorant lovely person.

 

There must be people like that in every office block, certainly is in my building. They go on my mental 'fvck off' list after the 2nd time.

 

Work in a big factory in Carlton mate,to be fair most of the management at ours are ok with how they treat folk on a one to one basis,just the one lovely person that's got my back up.A dunt hold grudges or owt like that tho'

 

Oh yes you are absolutely right Ponty72. WTF is that all about? You only want to be civilised and those creeps decide to ignore you.
As you say fk them.

 

Aye manners cost absolutely nothing; ignorance annoys me too.

 

Everyone I walk past these days is 'plugged in' - either listening to music or more usually staring down at their phone and not watching where they are going. I'll say 'Hello' if that's the etiquette of the place where I am, but usually I'm in a city and eye-contact is generally avoided.

 

If its local round where I live then ill often say aye up etc. the amount of times I've been on 25 minute trips to the corner shop cos I've been gassing is frightening.

Most of my walking through town involves keeping my head down cos as soon as they notice my teeth I'm a goner.