I'm a very socially inept person and in recent years I took to practicing striking up conversations with complete strangers on the street and in the park. Some

I'm a very socially inept person and in recent years I took to practicing striking up conversations with complete strangers on the street and in the park. Some will get a sour look and resolutely look away, but many will smile and say something back. I haven't had a bad experience doing that.