Have you ever met/knew anyone who doesn't know how to smile?

If it was a requirement that a person you employ smile then I would suggest that you make sure before you hire them. Personally I do not care what a person looks like weather they smile or not I hire them for their skills, I would guess you have a lot of money and time on your hand to be able to watch some at their work. I also find it very judgmental on your part, and perhaps that is why your efficient maid never smiled. I would last about 20 minutes with you as I can tolerate snobs.

Yea, I am the black face who never smiles. In some circles. I have a split personality issue. Quite a few identities in me so to some people, I am all smiling while to some, I am black as thunder. I do agree that it can affect another's mood - especially since I have a rather overwhelming personality. Sometimes, I do note how apparent the effect I have on others - for good or worse. Just me, can't help it. I'm a weirdo.

No I don't think I have I mean no one smiles all the time but to never Smile that is really strange Charms How did you put up with her lol

Oh yes I once also had a maid like yours. She was always frowning and though very efficient, she made me uncomfortable because I would worry that she might be unhappy with my family or if she is sick or something. I tried my best to make her feel a part of my family but she was always remained so distant. I believe people like her have traumas in their early lives and we just have to accept them for what they are. I am quite good at making people smile or laugh but I never managed to do so with her.

i'd have to say that i agree on some part. i think having someone around who doesn't smile does bring other people down. i find it can be negative to be around someone who seems grumpy, or down all the time. but i don't think that will affect someone's job. i don't think it's a reason to let someone go. i do see how it can be uncomfterble but if she is doing her job well then i'm not sure if it's fire her. but on the other hand if you feel uncomfterble and her attitude is bringing her down i'm sure you wouldn't want to feel like that in your own house. as you can tell i'm on the fence here. not sure what i would do until i'm in that situation. but i don't think i'll ever be able to afford a maid. lol

Oh yes...I've known people like that...I know one woman in the neighborhood, and thank goodness I'm not really friendly with her...I just wouldn't want to be...Talk about Miss. Gloom and Doom personality...I mean I'm not miss perky pollyanna either..but this one twists everything around into the negative..and expression on her face?? Not only doesn't she smile..she looks as if she's always in extreme pain..but that's her NATURAL expression...And then there was my mother...yikes..and I had to live with her.....It took me awhile to sink in, but one day I really came to realize, that I couldn't even remember the last time I heard my mother laugh...so I said to her, "You know mom, I can't remember the last time you laughed..don't you ever laugh anymore?" She said, "When I'm away from you"--wham guilt alert..my mom was famous for that...if you get the idea that the relationship between my mom and me wasn't exactly blissful..uh, you're right...and talk about depressing to be around with..eekk...but I was in a situation where I just couldn't move out..though there were plenty of times I wanted to --believe me

I did have one friend who never smiled back when I was going for my master's degree. However, he had some kind of disability in which some of his facial muscles did not work. He was a really fun guy in that he was probably one of the best ones that could pull a prank on someone, & because he could not smile, people actually fell for it. However, if you knew him, you could see the smile in the way he looked at you. A long time ago, I also heard this story about a woman who never smiled. It was not anything bad that happened, but when she got very old, she looked like she was her own granddaughter after she dyed her hair.

I have met someone who doesn't smile, in fact I know someone very, very close, in fact it's me! Yes I know I don't smile, and I look really really miserable. Someone actually said in the restaurant one day 'Miserable cow' to ME? A bloke! I found that really weird. But in the past people have come up to me in clubs and said why are you so miserable? I mean I can't help the way I look, and I rarely have much to smile about, it's my feature I always look miserable, I can't help it, unless I get plastic surgery the miserable look I will always have, sad, but true!

I can't believe anyone can get so upset over whether or not a person smiles. I wouldn't let it affect me. I am one of those people that people say doesn't smile enough. But, I know I do. It's not that I feel angry or sad, it's mostly because I'm neutral and minding my own business. Lately, I have pressure headaches that make my face muscles real heavy, so I don't smile as much. As to whether or not she "knows how to smile" you don't have to learn how to smile. It comes naturally. Some people just don't smile all that much at work.

I tend to have a sober look, but I have had to learn that smiling goes a long way toward softening my words and my life. Both of my children look somber until they choose to smile. People even commented that they could not get my little boy to smile by playing baby games with him. People who think a lot, sometimes look unsmiling, but they are just concentrating. I do wonder, if you got acquainted with the maid, if she would have relaxed and softened her demeanor. I know she could not have been mad at you, but maybe just had and awful life and did not know how to soften her face. Talking to her about it may have made her more self conscious. I have had people comment on me looking grouchy, when I was just thinking. I do not see how someone could not smile at a bunny.

we have a girl like this at work and she really gets to me sometimes. No matter how good mood i am in she can bring me down just by looking at me. I do not know why she is like this, and I belive that she is also like this at home, among friends and so on...

I didn't. If I shown you photos of myself you'd probably wonder what's wrong especially when I was a younger teen and later teen. It all changed when I met my wife and son, I started smiling more because those moments we shared. ~Joey

i can't remember if i have met someone with the same attitude!! i think life would be a miserable thing if someone of that type would be near me! but perhaps ur maid have already seen (what was her age?) so many up and downs in life that it all left her without a smile!by the way there were some friends of me who didn't prefer to smile because they felt they r looking awkward while smiling (yes of course i m talking about the teenager days;))

I remember my teacher in high school who doesn't really know how to smile. Day by day, there is always a reason nto frown, she not only doesn't smile, she would discipline & reprimand you when she sees you in the corridor or hallway. Everybody doesn't want to be near her. Though, a disciplinarian, she was a very efficient teacher, at that time, she was the best. That's why I asked her to be my adviser, which she was able to help me enter a good university.

Yes my boss at work does not no how to smile. He is always mad looking. He is not a friendly man at all.

Yes it can have an effect on your mood but i fight that daily.My husband hardly ever smiles.hes also negative.Don't get me wrong he is good to me and he is a good man he just does not smile,he has before and has actually even laughed but i can count the times on one hand...I have learned to just accept his unsmiling face because like i said he is good to me,so i just blow him off,because i smile and laugh enough for the both of us,Im a happy go luckey type,and i try never to let other people bring me down.. He is not sad,he just don't smile much at all,but he don't have a long depressed face,,

Yes, I have known people like that and even had a few friends over the years that tended to not smile. It's annoying and depressing to me. I like to smile as much as possible and when it becomes a full-time job getting someone to smile I give up and move ont. :)

Oh charms, I am not sure what will happen if we should meet one day? My big head does have a smile 24/7 but my own face is as black as charcoal. Will you mistaken it for firewood and just toss it into the fire? No matter how much I train it, plaster it or even sew, it just does not know how to smile. I even went for surgery. What to do if I am born like that?

I would have to say that it doesn't bother me in the least. I know people who smile constantly and they are really thinking how much they hate you or other nasty things. Maybe your maid was a depressed person, maybe she had bad teeth, maybe she just didn't have any reason to smile. I don't smile a whole lot either. I laugh if something is funny, and occassionally I smile. But I don't sit around with a big grin on my face all the time. Sometimes when people are working, they are concentrating on work, not on smiling. I wouldn't say anything to anyone about smiling, it's their choice if they want to smile or not.

lots! i frequently run into ppl who doesn't smile. last time i was working in this small company, people don't seem to smile at each other and i don't understand why? although we might not be in the same department, but we are office mates and bump into each other almost every day yet we don't smile at each other. and some, we are in the same department but we still don't smile. each time i try to smile at people, but the only thing i get is a sour face. if we don't smile at people, they'll make a conclusion that we're arrogant or something. but if we smile at them, they can't even smile back. weird...T_T