Comments on: I miss general friendliness…

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By: berek

berek — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

hrrrm, interesting … I always thought that the cashier was an automaton. I like the anonymity of big city. It feels safer with 100,000 ppl walking all around u and also more private … b/c nobody really cares wot u look like or wat u do. I’d feel terribly uncomfortable if I knew every1 that waz walking by me.

By: jon amos

jon amos — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great post – I can completely relate (except for the NYC part, having never experienced that; to overstate things just slightly, Monroe has only two ethnic groups and Moscow only one).

By: Emeth Hesed Smith

Emeth Hesed Smith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Friendliness is different in various cultures. Just because people don’t scream and squeal and kiss each other doesn’t necessarily mean they are less friendly. Personally, I don’t think I could handle so much kissing. Whew.

By: Emeth Hesed Smith

Emeth Hesed Smith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ack. I tried to make a URL but it didn’t work. Have you disabled HTML in your comments? Anyway, here’s the URL.

http://www.eh43.com/blog/2002_08_01_archive.html#85355660

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Emeth, you have to admit though…the longer you are here, the easier it gets. Even in Moscow, you started loosening up more as the conference went on.

By: Emeth Hesed Smith

Emeth Hesed Smith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I guess….

By: scott cunningham

scott cunningham — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s so cool you grew up in Queens. There’s the rest of the world, and then there’s Manhattan and the surrounding burroughs. I get the sense from what I know of it that the kind of neighborhoods that form there end up being profoundly valuable for the people there. I bet you love going back.

By: Christin

Christin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think the fact that a full-frontal hug is scandalous in Moscow says a lot about the culture. They’re all about the side-hug.
In Monroe, I get at least 10 hugs every Sunday. I love that about the south.
I do have to admit I felt slightly uncomfortable when I was in Brooklyn and got kissed by all these people I was just meeting. I think I would like it if I got used to it though.

By: Emeth Hesed Smith

Emeth Hesed Smith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hug, hug, full frontal, side hug, kissing, scandal.

*tries to understand … gives up*