How do you feel about talking to strangers?

[kingdelete]

i can talk to strangers (i do it for my job) but its like when meeting friends of friends i dont know how to approach that well, what to talk bout etc, i know what i like, and i know what i can talk bout with my friends but with these ppl i dont know how to go bout it, i dont want to bore them or make them think am wierd , o and i am shy, talking to ppl in a work senerio is different from a personal one aswell so

 

[sanomaton]

It might be just because of the place where I live but I almost always say, "Hello" to strangers that I pass by when I'm walking down the street or when I'm biking. One time when I was biking this older man just shouted, "Hello" to me and I stopped greeting him as well - he was standing on his yard which was about 30 meters from where I was - and we just started chatting there. After a while he said, "I don't wanna take up more of your time so you just have a nice trip" and I climbed back on my bike and continued biking.

So yeah, I don't feel awkward talking to strangers. I hardly ever strike up a conversation myself but I don't mind it when someone comes talking to me. Unless they're drunk or mentally sick/unstable, I've had a few of those cases as well. >_>

 

[Atvomat_Nikonov]

If I can muster up the courage I'll talk to girls. I'm not bad looking but I'm more or less crippled by my shyness and hate of humankind.

Darn.

Were we seperated at birth?

 

[thebrainiac1]

I'm much better at talking to women than I am to men, despite the fact that I'm more interested in "guy" stuff i.e. sport, fast cars, booze, gaming, computers, etc.

 

[AlexTheBucket2112]

I can talk to people I don't know if I start the conversation. But if a random person (mainly shady or looks homeless) starts talking to me I'm not sticking around.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I'm cool with talking to strangers.

I just find it uncomfortable when I am unable to help them when they ask for directions or something.

 

[jebbo]

The worst occasions are when someone says, 'Hey, Georgia, this is Blahblah; Blahblah, this is Georgia'. What the fuck are you supposed to say after the obligatory 'Hi, nice to meet you'? I always lower my eyes very awkwardly to the floor, or look at someone else. Either that or pretend I've just remembered I was looking for something in my bag.

Ha that's me all over. Except being a guy I don't carry a bag, I tend to fiddle in my pockets and then check my phone, I must look like such a totally rude douche. I absolutely despise introductions. Its like you're being forced into talking to someone and you have no choice in the matter.

OT: This is an odd one, I'm a team leader at Currys and I have to talk to dozens of people, even start conversations, on a daily basis and get really chatty and friendly with people in the process, especially women. But take me out of my work shirt and put me in the real world and its all WTF am I supposed to say now?
A few* drinks in me tho and I'l talk all night long to anyone about all sorts of things so I suppose it balances out.

*quite a few

 

[Cody211282]

At work I,m fine but other then that not really

 

[Goodluf]

I really, never, ever talk to new people I don't know. Part of it is because I'm still quite shy and silent and sometimes I really don't see the need to spontaniously start talking to random people.

I'm quite comfortable in silence, I quess it's a national trait (stereotypical much?). If you had ever been to a local bus here or waiting in a line or otherwise, you would notice that it's quite silent as in people don't talk to each other much(if they don't know eachother). Anyway it's quiet so I blend in well and in time, I have learned to expand this kind of behaviour in everyday life, whenever I'm in almost any other place than friends and the likes...I am a victim of conditioning!!!

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I, myself, get very uncomfortable around strangers. Sure, if they ask for directions or anything, I'll gladly help, but I have sort of this mental picture of how they see me. It's like when they look at me without any intentions to say anything or make any contact, I can feel the prejudice towards me, how they pity me or laugh at me in their head, or think I'm strange. Although, I have learned to live with it, I chose it myself by choosing how to look.

You're afraid they'll grab you and stuff you in a burlap sack and send you to Mongolia for slave labor?

Well, now I am. Thanks for that.

 

[FallenRainbows]

I love new people. New people rule.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I usually find myself extremely uncomfortable, depending on the circumstances and how pushy the other person is.

I'm perfectly okay speaking with clients and guests at events I happen to be working at, but I'm rarely okay with speaking to other people at random. People who just ask non-personal questions or limit themselves to talking (or bring up a subject I'm interested in) are fine, but I try to avoid anyone who gets too close to me or starts speaking in a really personal manner.

Physical contact is right out.

 

[teutonicman]

I have no trouble talking to strangers. I remember one time I was waiting for the bus and this guy comes up to stop (It waas mid-day and I can see that he is drunk, but whatever). He starts talking to me, at first I thought it a little wierd but I kept talking to him out of politeness. The bus comes and we continue the conversation while riding it. The guy was a pleasure to talk to and it turns out he was on his vacation.

 

[tomtom94]

I am the shyest person in the world.
There's just something about eye contact I think, or expectations, or *goes into fetal position and shivers*

 

[Diablini]

I sometimes do stupid and akward things.
For exaple:

"A friend introduces me to a female friend of his"
Me: Hey.
She holds her hand so we can shake.
I do a low five.
Her: Shake you idiot!


Man I felt angry and embarresed after that.

 

[Deleric]

If they don't come up to me for no reason, we won't have problems.

 

[Insanum]

Depends what the topic is. I remember trying to get a pizza from a take away (i was completely sober @ like 3am) and some randomer told me that god spoke to him in the shower...

That was the longest wait for pizza...EVER.

 

[cas]

Does Omegle count? I love using omegle even if I am asked for sex 75% of the time. Other times you can get fun people to talk to