<p>elevator!</p>
<p>It is quite awkward, because there is an alternative unknown individual in there already. </p>
<p>Do you speak to this individual?</p>
<p>Or no? </p>
<p>Does it depend?</p>
<p>If so, on what?</p>
<p>Depends:</p>
<p>(1) If it’s a girl, and </p>
<p>(2) If she’s hot. ;D</p>
<p>Awkwardness and my life are mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>I usually speak to the person if they smile :]</p>
<p>I’ll talk to them if they talk to me first.</p>
<p>If they talk, I give them a pretentious, condescending glance then proceed to ignore them.</p>
<p>I’d probably smile when I entered, maybe say “Hey.” If they want to say anything more, I’m cool with that.</p>
<p>Unless they set off any alarm bells in my mind of general creepiness, in which case I pull out my cell phone and become immersed in imaginary text messaging.</p>
<p>Nobody talks to anyone else here, unless they’re really good neighbors. If you talk to people, they think you want something.</p>
<p>^ the custom is universal (in asia), i see.</p>
<p>if the person i was talking to was a) a good looking stranger or b) culturally american, i would definitely talk to them. if not, they’d probably think i’m a creeper.</p>
<p>I think that it depends on the individual.</p>
<p>If the individual is a 50-year-old man and it’s solely the two of us, I don’t think that I would walk in and state, “Hey!”</p>
<p>If the individual is my own age though then I might talk to him or her.</p>
<p>^ Would you stand there in reverence if it was me?</p>
<p>What do you mean?</p>
<p>Lately I’ve been wayyyy more outgoing, so I’d probably smile and say hello. If they wanted to talk more, then cool. If not, then that’s fine too. Doesn’t hurt to be friendly, though.</p>
<p>Living in a high rise, going on an elevator is (at least) a twice daily, non-awkward situation. I usually smile at old people, chat with chatty adults, talk to friends and neighbors, and give shady-looking strangers a death glare. I usually don’t initiate conversations with people I don’t know (stranger danger!) but I’m happy to take part in small talk with sweet senior citizens. It’s only awkward when you’re the person next to the buttons and you’re not sure if people want you to press the button for their floor or not.</p>
<p>if they seem normal and would be willing to talk.</p>
<p>^ Yup…</p>
<p>If they smile, or at least look approachable/friendly I say hi and it takes off from there.</p>
<p>I would talk as long as the person isn’t a…</p>
<p>1) pedophile</p>
<p>2) one of those people on the I’m bored sites that are featured under the label “mommy didn’t hug me…” or “daddy didn’t hug me…” The people scare me…</p>
<p>3) Can’t see their face</p>
<p>4) a crazy fundamentalist (I can’t stand fundies)</p>
<p>5) a murderer</p>
<p>If none of the above, I’ll talk to whoever he or she is :)</p>