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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I quite like it here. I like my neighborhood homeless person -- apparently he is starting a website(!), I don't drink coffee so I don't encounter moody Starbucks people, and I tend to forget about mean people pretty fast, so I am a winner in my own mind. That's what's important. Sounds to me like you are a winner in your own mind too, fringey.
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New Yorkers aren't very friendly, this is true. But I've found that a lot of what people consider rude or unfriendly is the fact that we don't say, "Hi!" to people we don't know, smile for no reason or chat pointlessly about the weather or whatever. We're mostly in a hurry for no reason, which some may feel is rude, I guess.
But I would rather get in and out of wherever I am as fast as possible. If I don't know you, why are we talking like you're my best friend from camp I haven't seen in years? Just give me my change, put my sandwich and chips in a bag and let's both get on with our lives.
TM
