Rufus T. Firefly wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Not "seen in print" but experienced in real life, just this morning (8:30-ish). I was taking my 2mi. walk through our suburb, and as I progressed down the sidewalk, a 20-something-ish man exited his driveway, on foot, proceeding onto the public sidewalk, upon which I was approaching him. We were headed toward each other. I was in his part of the block. I looked directly at him, assuming we would exchange polite greetings. However, he immediately buried his attention into his iPhone and ignored me, passing by me on my left. From that, I concluded we were very different in our views of what constituted being neighbors.
But, did you hail him and greet him anyway despite his xenophobia?
No, I took his affect as deliberate and thought better of anything overt on my part. He seemed so absorbed. Maybe next time I'll say hellooo anyway..
