when you're alone somewhere, how do you approach people?

I'm the passive type so I'll usually wait for someone to approach. Most of the time, I'm perfectly fine being alone. However, if the person beside/near me looks nice enough, I might just strike a conversation with him/her.

I can go wherever I want to go even on my own not because I am a loner but because I know I can gain friends anywhere I go.Sometimes I do not approach people and just wait for someone to do that to me and sometimes love to greet hi and hello to anyone that I feel that person is also friendly. I am a very cheerful person and I am very open to anyone that will ask something and will gain friends. When I open a conversation to a certain person sometimes I ask her/him "how she/he do that" or try to open a conversation with a general topic like "if she's /he is in the place for so long" and that is the start of a new found friendship and no boring waiting.

A big smile. I approach anyone with a pleasant smile. And, I have managed in places where there is a problem of language. But, I was always able to get the best to eat, the best place to rest. And, i used to get utmost respect too. And, the funniest thing about smiling attitude and being warm is, I have managed to move and roam about in an ethnically disturbed area, without having to resort to any other systems of security. A smile is all that I carried.

Usually even when I am alone somewhere I talk to even some strangers whom I may find not dangerous. I talk about the weather which has always been a very good topic or simply I smile to them and then one will definitely sense that I am not arrogant and they will talk themselves. So I have never got any problem to approach people no matter where.

Well i would not feel much free to talk easily. I would hesitate sometime and then slowly go and talk asking details.

Hello allamgirl, It actually depends on situation..sometimes I am the one who approach people & sometimes I just wait to be approached.In times where I approach people..I ask them first how they are and ask questions..like is this your first time here?...how do you find the place...& if we are in a party & both are friends of host,then would say great part isn't it..& that would actually start a conversation right away...