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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again.My examples about the stores weren't to critique Whole Foods vs Giant (in Mclean everyone shops at Giant) but that is one of the most social venues where people are in contact with each other. I'm not really looking to become best friends with my neighbors or people I meet on the street but sometimes I really think that there isn't any common courtesy on this side of town. [b]I grew up in the South[/b] where it is a social faux pas to now hold the door open for someone, or say hello when you get on an elevator, not because you know or like the person but just some common respect and acknowledgment that there is another human being next to you. I don't understand how you can live next door to someone or across the street from them and pretend that they don't exist. I've met a lot of nice people but I think they are the minority. [/quote]

I figured as much from your expectations. The thing is, in your current surroundings, other people don't share this expectation and intend to have business interactions to accomplish specific goals that don't necessarily come with a helping of socializing.

"Rude" can be defined differently in different cultures. Find fulfillment in something other than being acknowledged as "another human being" on elevators. I'm not making eye contact because where I come from, it's more polite to offer you the fiction of personal space and not bother you with my small talk.[/quote]

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