Would you talk with strangers?

It really depends on the situation and whether I am in an area I am familiar with or in a new town or city. I know like for example when we were on Amtrak in July on the way there the people were quite friendly so we had no problem talking with them and finding common ground. On the way back most people were not really in the mood to talk so it made for a long trip. But if you can find people who will talk with you when traveling it makes it a lot easier for sure.

Honestly, i would get intemidated with strangers so i will not talk with them. Actually i can tell through their eyes. Some people are nice and i will definitely know what i'm gonna deal with this. If i do not have friend accompany by myside, i spent most time on my own listening to the music.

Personally I would just enjoy some quiet time to myself, partly because I'm shy but also because I don't want to interact with the wrong person and be stuck talking to them until I get off.

I would definitely try to talk. But before that I will look at her or his face and try to find out if he or she is of the friendly type!

I always talk to strangers. That's how I meet people. I live in a small town so it's not a big deal. Also the bus is a lot of the same people all the time. So if I don't know someone, one of my friends might.

I think there's nothing wrong with talking to strangers as long as you don't talk about personal stuff. Having said that, I'm not really comfortable having a chit chat with a stranger because I'm shy. My mom is my exact opposite. She would learn about the life of the person sitting next to her in the plane or the person in front of her in the queue. One time, I went to the mall with my mother to buy something. The mall was packed and the lines in front of the cashiers were very long. We went to the checkout line and the family in front of us had a lot of things in their cart. My mom made eye contact with them and commented something about the long lines. When it was their turn at the cashier, one of them told us to go ahead because we had only one item in our cart. We thanked them and I was glad to reach home earlier. I think talking to strangers has its advantages.:D

I talk with strangers often. That's how you get to know folks. You don't to know people by just looking at them. You have to actually go up to them and talk to them. People are always so afraid to talk to other people, but if you don't start talking then you will never know who or what is around you.

I'd approach a stranger if it was important to me at the time, for example, for some information such as the time, or directions; but otherwise, no, I'd not talk with strangers. I like to keep myself to myself in public: don't get me wrong, I'm pretty well always friendly, smiling and polite with people; but I like my own space and my own peace. I tend to feel quite nervy in public anyway. However, whenever a stranger talks to me, I always respond in a very friendly manner, and will engage in as much conversation as they wish. But I'd rather dream, or read, than talk.

I talk with strangers everywhere When travelling, when I am in a queue at the post-office or the supermarket or wherever I see people waiting like me. I don't go into conversatios about my personal affairs, though often the stranger will tell me a lot about theirs, and I keepthe conversation on general topics. If I was on a train or a bus journey then I would definately get talking to someone or even all of those around me. The conversation usually starts with a smile after eye contact then it just moves on from there

Sometime i do but sometime i don't...it depends on my mood...i am not shy to speak to strangers but i have to choose "a friend" before chatting. Currently i don't use a bus and if i go by bus, i often listen music by using headphone..then i may not speak to any strangers...

I. Would just wait for the bus to reach my destination.

Oh I have no problem meeting people,, but it all depends f I really want to be talktive on the trip or if I intend to just rest and relax...I will not start talking to some one if I am going to sleep or want to be left alone.. But if I am feeling up to it I will of course start a conversation with a total stranger...I am very good with that...You can certainly tell is someone wants to be bother or talk....

It depends on how are you going to approach a person on the bus. Some people will misinterpret the intentions with the strangers.

When taking the bus, I generally avoid talking to people I do not know. Unless they ask me a question, I will not talk to them. So for example, if they have a question if I some place, then I will either answer with a yes or no; if I do answer with a yes, I will try to explain my answer. Basically, I am the type of person who does not start the conversation with strangers. While waiting for the bus to take me to my destination, I usually listen to music.

Good day Oktavist, With reference to your query, for me it depends. Hence, I will think twice before I do talk to a stranger. Especially in the country which is I am not that familiar. And to the country where a risk is much. Hence, there is nothing wrong to talk to strangers as this will let you gain new friends, but, it is better to take extra care. Taking and ensuring safety first. After all, it is better to be safe that sorry at the end.

I normally won't do that but if there really is something good to talk about, I definitely would engage myself into conversation with strangers. But it could be a topic that has nothing to do with my personal life for security reasons.

i may talk a little to strangers..it depends if the stranger can be trusted..in my country,it's hard to talk with any strangers inside a bus..because there are strangers who has bad motives while talking to you..maybe their conversing with you while their other partner is trying to get something valuable from your pocket/bag..

Some people are not interested in talking with strangers and they will remain silent if they are in a new place or waiting for bus/train as well as traveling in a bus/train. There is nothing wrong in talking with strangers, but we must keep limitations in our talking activities and don't share our personal things with unknown persons. All are good and best friends are complete strangers in the beginning, we make a good friendship with them through our continuous interaction, so we can talk with the strangers in the new environment while traveling. Some times we can gain knowledge with this kind of talking activities, different kind of persons have different knowledge, if our co passenger is a skilled person in his/her field we can get more information from them and use our traveling or waiting time to gain knowledge. Now a days we have lot of modern equipment like smart phones, tablets and other things, most of the people will engaged with their smart phone or tablet while traveling and spend their time with it, better to interact with a real human person than interacting with this kind of modern devices, we come to know about various information while talking with others through our journey, some times we may get some good friends with this kind of talking activities.

well to say, why not? but before doing it, i should study the stranger if can trust her or him. maybe i can tell a thing about this person by the way he/she moves, talk, and the bearing of his/her personality. if i do not like what i see, i will just be behaving in my seat until i reach my destination. or i can talk with him two or more conversation with that person.