<p>Do u greet people u know when u pass them in the hallways, or see them on campus, and such? Do they say hi to you?</p>
<p>I've found that some of the people i know don't greet me when they see me. They just walk right by and try to pretend they didnt see me, and i find that very rude and get annoyed. I'm not a bad person, and I dont think i've done anything to offend anyone other than talk to them once. Whatever happened to common courtesy? Does it take really that much effort to give a little smile or wave or even an acknowledgement when u see someone u know?</p>
<p>I know this is a silly little thing to complain about, but when that happens all the time it eventually gets very irritating.</p>
<p>Understand their intentions are not to offend you by any means, at least insofar as my perception extends from your post. People tend not to greet their acquaintances/peers because they wouldn’t want to have an onus of always waving to you whenever the slightest bit of communication is perceived. </p>
<p>Also, by your logic, you’re also offending them. You aren’t greeting your fellow acquaintances, so they would probably be posting a similar thread on a different forum in a different universe. </p>
<p>LOL, my teacher asked us a similar question last year. She was suprised to learn that we don’t all say hi to everyone we pass on the street. The time when that was the norm has pretty much passed. As for my friends,yeah I tend to greet them in some way. Depends on the friend. Some I hug (Girls), some I just shake hands with, others I give the nod to.</p>
<p>i hate passing that one person on campus who you see everyday in class but have never talked to, there’s awkward eye contact but neither of you is sure whether to give the nod or not because you don’t actually know eachother. also that one person who you see on campus, yet have never had a class or associated with them at all but somehow you both know of eachother’s existence due to randomly seeing them EVERY DAY.</p>
<p>man good thing these are my biggest problems in college.</p>
<p>I don’t know what to do when I pass a teacher I knew from a class I took in the past. I want to say “Hey” or something but then I realize it’s been months since I saw them and wonder if they still remember who I am… so I just look the other way…</p>
<p>A smile and a nod usually seems to do the trick at my school. If it’s someone you’re legitimately friends with, usually you stop and talk. Otherwise just smile and keep going.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m a wacko, but I give a quick, friendly smile to anyone I make eye contact with whether I know them or not. I thought that was just polite. I wave to people I am actually acquainted with sometimes, but sometimes I am met by that pretending-not-to-know-you thing. I think it’s rude, but whatever. I usually walk with my head down anyway and don’t see people. Too tired.</p>
<p>^ I do the same. I give a quick smile to anyone I make eye contact with.</p>
<p>I’m Mediterranean, and there it’s really rude not to acknowledge someone you know, actually it’s really rude not to smile and/or say a quick “Hey, how are yah.” to someone you know.</p>
<p>But I think in your situation it’s not meant to be rude. You should take the first step, wave, nod, smile, say hi, or whatever to the people you know, and they’ll probably do the same after a few times.</p>
<p>Maybe they don’t recognize you; I walk by people who notice me, but just stare at me instead of initiating a greeting, whereas I walk by others who notice me, and jokingly scream “HEY!” or something when I walk by without greeting them(because I don’t know if it’s them or one of the clones who look like them). People’s appearances change a lot in college… and some people don’t look too unique.</p>
<p>So… if they didn’t greet you, you can’t blame them since it’s obvious that you didn’t greet them either. You’re not the Queen of England…</p>
<p>I’m one of those people who doesn’t usually say hi. I guess I just think if people saying hi to me as interrupting my thought process, and since I wouldn’t want to interrupt anyone else, I treat them as I would want to be treated and leave them alone. It’s exhausting to always pretend you’re happy to see someone; it kind of feels like you’re being volunteered or obligated to do it. </p>
<p>I do like my friends, though. I just think that we don’t need to prove we’re friends by always saying hi whenever we see each other.</p>
<p>I was just thinking about this today. I will say high to anyone who makes eye contact with me. But sometimes i can just tell the kind of person that will or will not acknowledge my presence. Its awkward when they don’t even look at you</p>
<p>Normally its just a nod or a smile for me, but if I know the person that I am walking past well enough normally a few words are exchanged but quickly because we are busy…normally jokes or the beginning of get together plans.</p>
<p>…Is this what we are talking about? Whether or not to say hello to people you know as you pass? This requires a discussion?</p>
<p>Man, anytime I feel awkward, I just head right over to CC and read things like these…they make me feel like the most socially aware person that ever existed.</p>
<p>It’s especially difficult when you see the same acquaintance walking by you everyday (for instance if you both have class at the same time). If you start the semester acknowledging them, then you feel you have to every day after, but if you don’t or miss a day, the awkwardness only grows.</p>
<p>I must admit that sometimes just for the heck of it, I challenge myself to get a smile out of someone who never smiles (e.g. a checker at the grocery store). One time when our DDs were perhaps 13 and 7, I told them that whoever could collect the most smiles at the grocery store could pick a prize from the register. I think the winner found 27. It always surprises me how many blank, ultra focused, or sad faces can turn to a smile if you just smile first. Besides, smiley wrinkles are much better looking than frowny wrinkles, and college payments are too expensive for me to afford a facelift.</p>
<p>I hate waving or saying hi to a friend who doesn’t see you, it just makes you look like a square. similarly, when someone is waving at the person behind you and you’re trying to figure out how you know them.</p>
<p>when i’m sitting in a restaurant I sometimes like to wave at random ppl on the street but it’s awkward if a person you wave at comes in to eat near you.</p>
<p>There could be a ton of reasons they aren’t saying hi to you, really. I hate saying hi if I’m tired, or thinking, or don’t think I look too good that day. Sometimes saying hi to some people might initiate a conversation, but I have to hurry. It’s just life. If you think it’s rude, take the initiative and say hi first once for yourself? Who cares if you look like a square? Nobody really cares.</p>
I hate saying hi if I’m tired, or thinking, or don’t think I look too good that day. Sometimes saying hi to some people might initiate a conversation, but I have to hurry. It’s just life. If you think it’s rude, take the initiative and say hi first once for yourself? Who cares if you look like a square? Nobody really cares.</p>