It's Not Only A DC Thing!
This video from England is a few years old, but it shows that DC isn't the only city where "Hellos" are an issue:
"Northerner Terrifies Londoners By Saying "Hello."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0ay9u1gg4
Why Free Hellos?
Although I've lived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for 21 years, I still haven't gotten used to walking past another person, on an empty street, and have them act like I'm invisible. I understand that people can have a lot on their minds and be absorbed in thought. I also understand that some young people have to be cautious about interacting with strangers. But I find too many cases where I'm just confused by the way people act! By my general appearence - I have gray hair - I am classified as an "old man." When another "old man" passes me by and looks blindly ahead like a zombie, I can't easily make sense out of that! The basis for my complaint about the level of interactions I experience from day to day is that it's dystopian. If you made a sci-fi movie about a future where people walk around like zombies and don't have any interactions, that future would be cold and sad. Yet, that's my day to day reality here in DC. I can't ...
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