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I'm from Prague and I was always baffled by this. How does the smiling thing work? In what situations do you smile? For example, if you're walking on street, do
by RivieraKid 13y ago
I'm from Prague and I was always baffled by this. How does the smiling thing work? In what situations do you smile? For example, if you're walking on street, do you eye-contact people going in the opposite direction and smile at them?
- schrodinger 13y agoYou don't make eye contact with everyone you walk by, no. But if you do happen to make eye contact, you typically smile - and it would be a little awkward if you didn't. I think there's a difference between a polite smile of acknowledgement and a smile give to someone that you already know well, however.
- RivieraKid 13y agoInteresting, this certainly doesn't happen here...
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- DominikR 13y agoI'm in Vienna, Austria (not far from Prague, but generally considered to be part of western Europe) and if a stranger smiled at me for no apparent reason I'd think that she/he is into me, high on drugs or trying to sell me something.
- eli_gottlieb 13y ago>For example, if you're walking on street, do you eye-contact people going in the opposite direction and smile at them? At least in the States, yes. It's how you show you're not about to go for their throat with a knife.
- DominikR 13y agoVery interesting, so it's a mechanism to differentiate between neutral/friendly and enemy. How does this work on a crowded place?