do you smile or acknowledge a smile or hello given to you by a stranger?

@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
February 3, 2011 2:42am CST
This always happens to me. I meet a person along my way to work and I don’t know her or him. Yet, he would smile at me and say Hi or Hello. So, what can I do but also smile and say Hello too!
10 responses
ab_arnie
@ab_arnie (95)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
Smiling back has always been a safe response for me. But in really awkward moments, I find myself just nodding back. LOL =]
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
Me, sometimes i smile back and nod at the same time. I just don't know where i acquired of nodding when i see someone familiar but not close acquiantance.
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Feb 11
I think that it's a way of the Japanese to greet a person. Would you believe that when i was a teenager, some Japanese tourisr would ask if i have a Japanese blood too? Maybe because i nod when i greet or maybe because as they say i look Japanese.
ab_arnie
@ab_arnie (95)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
I too don't know where I got the habit of nodding back. But that ain't disrespectful or anything, right? Or is it? LOL... Keep on smiling! Happy myLotting! =]
CSHINE
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
3 Feb 11
Dear friend, Yes, I would, may be it is part of being friendly. I do smile and say hello if I feel so. Also I do not reject any stranger's smile provided not hurt me. I feel a smile show a feeling of happiness.
CSHINE
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
27 Oct 11
Thank you for the BR....here I got another chance to smile...
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
For me a person who smiles a lot has a happy disposition too. She will not get older that fast .
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Oct 11
Welcome my friend, you deserve it. I had to check on all my unresolved responses, and found out that i have a lot more.
GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11834)
•
3 Feb 11
Of course. A smile costs nothing and makes the world a much nicer place.
GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11834)
•
4 Feb 11
If you smile at everyone you meet or pass on the street I think that you'll find nine times out of ten the smile is returned :-)
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Correct! How i wish everybody should always have a smile for everybody!
Lance26
@Lance26 (956)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Sure I do. Responding back isn't hard to do. When I was working overseas many Kabayans there or even me are like that to our fellows. When we meet somewhere down the road we were exchanging greetings as if we've known eachother for years.
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Sometimes a smile could connect you to where you came from , as in your case to some fellow Filipinos. It also serves as a reassurance that you are not alone in that foreign country.
Lance26
@Lance26 (956)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
That's right. When I see our fellows on the road, I always wear a smile and utter the famous word of Kabayan. Surely they will respond to it with smiles on their faces. Have a nice day!
fantabulus
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
29 Oct 11
Ohhhhhh my God simply today few minutes before fanta started a discussion about two women never keep quite even if they not know to each other and suddenly read this discussion your habit is same like fanta hiiii, hello to every body and start talking with smile like
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
31 Oct 11
It's nice to always have a ready smile to everybody. Smile is contagious and most people would smile back also, even if you are not an acquaintance at all. So, let's always have a smiling face. It brings sunshine to everybody we flash it to.
devi53
@devi53 (347)
• India
31 Oct 11
I have also such experiences, how can we understand he is good or bad i often neglect them without smiling and say hello.
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
Even if they are good or bad, what is important is you have smiled at them. Who knows, if he is bad and once you smile at him, he will cringe with shame for being bad?
bounce58
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
8 Feb 11
I've lived and worked in Asia. And I understand how the concept of smiling at strangers is a not a common thing. Usually, people are shy and a bit reserved. But once in a while, you do find a few that are really outgoing and deserve a smile or hello. Out here in the west, saying hello or smiling are second nature to people. Maybe you're just too beautiful for people not to say hi or smile too!
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
I think so. They even stare at me specially on public jeepneys sometimes, so i just keep smiling at them!
piperu
@piperu (113)
• Indonesia
3 Feb 11
I will smile back too, but sometime I'm just nodding and keep walking. Happy mylotting :)
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
I guess, that's the magnet of a smile thrown at you. . .you smile back when smiled at. Sometimes though, i would smile as we pass by each other, but would glance back to recall, if ever she/he is somebody i do really know.
dadindine
@dadindine (230)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
I smile! I smile! I just can't help it! I guess because smiling is really contagious and also I believe it's rude not to smile back. :)
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
Corrrect! Smile is really contagious!
lexirose7350
@lexirose7350 (459)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
Yes i smile back too.It's a positive gesture so why not.A smile brings luck and positivity so let us all smile :)
rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
Correct!