Can you say "hi" or 'hello" to a random person of the opposite gender, about your age, in the street, or at the store or the mall?  What kind of bravery does it take to strike up a conversation with someone you don't know?

I challenge everyone to try it this week.  It has to be a person you've never seen before.  Go!

warmaker : Yeah, I can. I'm not really shy. If someone looks nice, or whatever, I just say hi, how are you while passing. I've made friends that way, actually. So yeah, I can. In hockey as well, I make it my personal mission to make everyone feel welcomed. It's fun to bring smiles to people's faces. XD

Yeah, I'm weird. lol.

Yes I say Hi to people I don't know I just like being friendly.

Sure I do it all the time! Sometimes they even beat me to it lol! And it doesn't feel weird or anything! becuz u meet the greatest plp in life randomly!  well I have met some of the best person's in my life randomly!

I won't just talk to someone I don't know. I usually keep to myself, but if someone talks to me, I will reply instead of being shy.

I can say hi, but I'm pretty shy. It's always pretty awkward meeting new people for me. As for a conversation, it most likely won't be me doing the talking. It will mostly be just "yes" or "no" coming from me.

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This is a thread to encourage others to talk????
This is a cool idea.
Though I talk to all kinds of people as often as I can.
So, I think I'll expand my horizons and specifically interrupt "People on Laptops in public".

Think I'll up the ante and pick a new theme each week.

Good Luck To All.
Peace.

Heck, let's make it a thread.

Tell me about your experiences talking to people.  Go out today or tomorrow, say hello to someone of the opposite gender about your age, someone you do not know, and tell us about the conversation.  Try to ask one question about them and see what they say.

Go get 'em!

i could say hi to some people but im too shy around many people and i end up saying something stupid .

Yes I can and I already pretty much did the challenge today and said hello to two random strangers today so I guess I won't have to do it again but yes I can its really not that hard for me to say hi to random people I make it look easy.

warmaker : I can strike up a conversation and say hello to just about anyone. I am a writer and being involved with media you have to be accessible to anyone and everyone. It’s always good to be polite even in the most trying circumstances of saying hello or having a conversation with someone you might not like or someone who you do not know but somehow rubs you the wrong way.

The best example of this I guess was when I took my family to a baseball game last year. I don’t cover baseball but I am a big baseball fan and root for both New York teams religiously. Despite my love of the game and devotion to my teams I rarely get out to a game. (I don’t live in New York anymore and tickets are expensive whenever the teams come where I am.) This was the first game I had been to in five years so I was very much looking forward to a nice night out with my family and such. While at the game an older gentleman who was seated next to me would periodically tap my shoulder and ask me questions about the game and what leagues the teams were in (it was an inter-league game) and such.

I could tell that this gentleman was a casual fan at best and probably went to the game for a nice night out. So we basically had little periodic conversations while the game was going on. We ended up having a very nice conversation and I hope that at minimum I was able to help the gentleman gain a better understanding of the game and I hope he had a nice time. Some people may have been rude to the gentlemen but I believe it’s always nice to be polite. I really enjoyed talking with him. It was part of what was a fun night for my family and I and well worth the five year wait. I just hope that circumstances will allow me to go to games more often.

I really won't. I don't want to walk up to someone, say hi, and have them shoot me. ( That is what the world has come to ) 

I am capable of it, however I chose not to do it myself. I tend to only talk to people I know, but even at the best of times I'm not very talkative. I like to keep to myself most times, I am more open and talkative to people I know online than I am in person.

I always say hi to random people- just right after eating Skittles. 

Yes, yes you can. HI!

I'm a server and a bartender, and let me tell you, after I learned how to do that, talking to people is so easy. I can strike up a conversation with anyone at any time, really. Women are easy to talk to as well, so long as you don't look like you are trying to get a hook-up or a relationship. It's pretty simple stuff, really. Don't be creepy, be confident about yourself, smile a lot, and read the person you're talking to. It's simple, really.

Well I moved out on my own at a very young age and ended up homeless a few different times so I had to learn to talk to strangers cause it was the only way I could survive. I would go to malls and try to meet cool people so that maybe they would let me come to their house or wherever and hang out for awhile. Also when your really hungry and living on the streets the only way you can get some food in your stomach is to ask someone for some help. One of the times I was homeless I went to the mall looking for something and I ended up meeting this really cool girl and her family took me in until I could get a job and my own place and we are still friends to this day. I have met hundreds of people just by walking up to them and talking to them but we all had something in common and liked to do that I wont mention and that helped a lot.