do you wave to the person you don't know?

Wow!!! Your place is such a nice place to live in. I would really love to see people who are so friendly because I know that it really lightens up the days of people especially when they are in their lowest moments. How I wish I can be part of your community where people are concerned with the feelings of everyone.

This brings back memories of dating my husband. The first date we had we went to a race track on Sunday afternoon. You have to realize it was a long way from his home. Well, before we got to the track, we were passing people in their yards, and he would wave at them. I asked him if he knew those people and he said, no, he was just being friendly. I do wave at people when they wave, and I speak to people when they speak to me. I don't live in a close neighborhood or near the road where people would wave. But we've been working in the yard and people would wave or blow and we'd wave back. When someone asks me how I am in a store line, I always tell them fine and ask them how they are doing. I think it's just a custom in our country that we learned when we were young. It is just good manners, and it shows we are friendly. Now, I wouldn't say you'll find everyone this way. It all depends where you are.

I experienced the same too (people waving at me everywhere) and I guess it's a normal practice here in the USA and I found it nice and warm. At first honestly it sounds stranged to me as am not used toand I didn't waved back to them. But later, when it's often happend I came to understand it's some forms of greetings and I do wave back.

It will be so nice if there is person that will be so friendly to you..but not here in the Philippines. People here specially tourist should be careful. Even though not all people have here are like that..that will smile and then have bad intentions on you..Only few anyway..Even I my self if someone will smile at me and then I dont know him or her I will try to think and ask myself.."Do i know you?" I will never reply and smile back or wave back my hand to him or her..NO way..I am just afraid to trust people doing like that this days.SO its better to be careful.

I my country where people are so friendly happens all the time, specially if you are a westener or caucassian. When people know that you are a foreigner to our place you will see them smiling and always looking at your way nd ready to wave or smile. As for me I've been to places where its my first tiem there I made efforts to be friendly to them. I sometimes wave first and when they saw me waving they wave back too and alas people will just smile and wave even if I did not do anything. I shakes hands sometimes. But i dont kiss those I dont know just shake hand as a sign of friendship.

I never do that. I am always suspicious of strangers. From my own personal experiences, I have learnt that one cannot possibly trust strangers. We have to keep stranegrs away for our own protection.

I'm really shy and i have social anxiety so i don't really do that too often. sometimes i might say hi or smile if they say hi or smile at me.. but usually we will both just walk on by each other.. maybe if i wasn't so shy i would say hi and stuff lol but after a while if its people in my neighborhood i might start to hi because i see them all the time so i start to lose my shyness around them...

I wave all the time. I live in Miami where there are so many rude people on the road these days. When I pull up next to someone, especially someone talking into a cellphone, I make it a point to wave and say hey how are u? It usually flusters them and they can't talk to me and to the person on the other line at the same time. I get a kick out of seeing them get flustered trying to be polite to all of us at the same time.

This does not really happen a lot in our town. I mean, I do always try to wave at elderly ladies because I know they might be lonely and it's just that they're old. They seem to get really happy when you wave at them. But I don't really wave at other people. I say hi to the crossing guards, because I see them every day.

Traditions and cultures are passes from generation generation. In USA and Western countries it is norm to to smile, say hi or wave to a stranger as a good gesture. That is not the case in many countries, even smiling to a stranger is rare scene. I am trying to pick up the good habit of expressing good gesture to strangers passing by.

Nope, i am not used to it, and you are right here in our country when you do that you might be suspected for some cheap girl especially if the person you are waiving at doesn't even know you. But as for me, there were instances that someone waves at me or smile that i dont even know them, i just smiled back onto them, its for me a sign of telling them that i appreciate their effort =)...

Yeah i do wave people i know ,but not the ones i dont know :)

Yup...I'm a waver! LOL! I wave to everybody! I was brought up in the country and everyone waves to one another even when you don't know each other! I love it and I wouldn't change it for anything! Rhonda

I know I'm in a bad mood if a perfect stranger doesn't start talking to me when I'm out. The reason being people talk and wave at me everyday. I thought this was a normal occurance. People wave and talk to each other all the time right? Malls, grocery stores, on the street... Turns out, I'm one of those annoying smiley people. My cheeks hurt, my teeth freeze in the winter but I can't stop smiling. As a result, I can't go shopping without someone asking me for advice or directions as if I work at the store. Someone has to be paying me to be THAT happy, right? I also can't help but make comments to perfect strangers when I pass them on the street. Nice day we're having or Could it be any colder out here? In my defense, most of my neighbors are also very friendly. Within a week of moving in at least twenty neighbours walked over to my house to say hello. Ironically, our neighborhood is considered one of the "at risk" neighborhoods. Poverty is high as our housing sections are boarderd by 62 low-cost housing buildings. People make less money and property crime is higher than city averages - but EVERYONE says hello to each other on the street and in stores. So, in response to the question - do I wave to the person I don't know. Darn skippy. If I catch them looking at me, or wave at me first, I certainly wave.

Yes, I do sometimes. But, it leaves me confused and I keep thinking that where did I last meet that preson? Do I really know him/her?

yes, I do but only to babies. I don’t wave to stranger adults as I’m not sure of their reactions but babies are always such a beautiful sight. I just cant pass by without waving at them and when they wave back with their tiny tottering palms with a wonderful toothless grin…aahhh that makes my day any time. My neighbourhood or rather country is like your former country and specially in cities where almost everybody is a stranger, we dont wave just like that.

Yes, of course I often do that custom with all my neighbour. Even with someone which I do not recognize before, but she/he lives in my neigborhood, i give them with my little smile. For me, it's my pleasure to say hello or even say: good morning to anyone, and i think it will make them feel happy with my greetings.

When I am out side and people walk by, we always wave or say "hi". I love my neighborhood, everyone is friendly and very middle class. Same when our neighbors drive by, especially if they slow down for the kids (which they always do) they wave or we wave. I ,moved here 20 months ago from an area that if you waved or said "hi" to the person walking by, they would befriend you so they could stab you in the back. I lived in my last house 10 years and it went from a nice, clean neighborhood to a graffitti infested, half empty homes, rentals and party area, the police were always being called on many of our neighbors, even the police officer that lived across the street moved! So now I am in the county where it's peaceful, clean and our neighbors are awesome and friendly.

I live in Florida...in the country...and the people around here are very friendly so, yes, there is a lot of waving going on. My husband and I like to sit on our front porch and folks wave and sometimes beep their horns as they drive past so we wave. Some people in the neighborhood walk and we've had lots of chats with folks we don't really know who are walking past our house. I've also had nice talks with total strangers in our little grocery store or at the post office and I met the nicest little old lady when we bought our Christmas tree this year.

hi, when people wave at me, I do acknowledge it by waving back. But I don't wave first. thanks