How Not to Say Hi Repeatedly
A Seinfeld episode has already covered this, but here I’m offering a solution.
Walking along the hallway at the office you see a colleague whom you don’t know that well. Both of you smile and say hi. During lunchtime you see him again, and both of you smile and nod at each other. Later, on the way to the washroom, you spot him coming the other way.
Now this is getting awkward. You’ve smiled, you’ve nodded; now what? You don’t want to look at the floor. Looking straight ahead stone-faced wouldn’t do either. Fortunately we all carry our mobile phones with us. So this is what you do: take your phone from your pocket, look at it intently and press a few random keys. It’s completely normal to SMS while on the move and no one would give it a second thought. Problem solved.
2 Responses to “How Not to Say Hi Repeatedly”
1 The Zik 24 June 2008 @ 11:59 am
How about this method: get to know him.
So if he’s great, you’ll probably have more to say, and if he sucks, you guys can start ignoring each other without all the awkwardness.
2 anilezfa 24 June 2008 @ 6:54 pm
Hmm now if I saw ppl sms while on the move, I would thought ppl dun want to say Hi to me ….. ahhahaha
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