You ever bother to say "Hi" to your friends passing by?

@snoopy88 (452)
Australia
July 8, 2008 9:26am CST
I used to be quite active but now for some reason I've gone quiet and can't be bother talking to people. There's a thing of which I've had developed is that I only say "Hi" to people that I see everyday and to the ones that I really like and want to talk to. I know quite alot of people myself back then but now when I see them, I don't say "Hi" and worse, I pretend I didn't know them. I know it's rude but sometimes I just don't feel like saying "Hi" or just not in the mood. The furtherest I properly go is give them a smile then walk away without saying anything. So, you ever bother to say "Hi" to your friends passing by?
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Nic
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
8 Jul 08
It is completely unUgandan to pass anybody you meet or anybody passing near you without a word of hi! Infact you quickly earn a very bad reputation and most cases, they say that you have taken the impersonal western culture! I do hear that in Europe and America, people are so busy that standing to greet a stranger looks like wasting money-even neighbors may not know each other by name! That is unthinkable in my country-we like the spirit of community and we will never pass a stranger by without a word of hi unless we have assesed that such stranger could be dangerous!
snoopy88
@snoopy88 (452)
• Australia
8 Jul 08
That's great to know you got a close knitted community!~
cream97
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
8 Jul 08
Yes, if I recognize you I will say Hi. I have had people whom came out of school with me, see me, and did not utter a Hi or one word. They knew me, and I knew them. I thought that was really mean. But, I usually am the one to speak. Your reasons are logical ones, theirs are totally unexcusable.
snoopy88
@snoopy88 (452)
• Australia
8 Jul 08
Lolz...I thought I'm the worst. But yeah I sometimes do hint to people that I saw them somewhere and they just say "I was too lazy to say hi" or "Can't be bother." But I don't take it heavily. I will say they are mean if you wave to them and they don't wave back when you are like 5m away from them!