Street Greet
You know that moment, where you’re walking down the street completely engrossed in your own thoughts, when suddenly out the corner of your eye you spot someone who you absolutely do not want to talk to. Swiftly you move to the left, so you can avoid their path. They move right, back into your new path. Oh crap they’ve spotted you.
You both give a polite smile and said hi and now you’re trapped talking about the weather and other superficial conversation starters, stalling the inevitable question so what’s new with you?
A ghost from my past crossed paths with me today and I just did not want to give him the time of day. I could tell he would have been just as happy to have kept on walking to his car before he spotted me, but there we stood for a good 5 minutes “catching up.”
Why do we do that? Pretend our day hasn’t been rudely interrupted while carrying on as BFF’s. Its strange behaviour to adopt yet we all fall into the role just like an actor would do for a part in a play or movie.
Then I remembered why Street Greets are always so great, you always have a place to go, someone to met, and appointment to make, and of couse the other person understands, it just so happens they had the exact same excuse ready to use as their exit strategy.
Maybe next time our paths cross a good old smile and nod will be enough.
