Meeting strangers on the street.
Have you done this? Gone up to a stranger in the street?
Is this even possible? How many people actually do this?
Recently, it has gotten an interest in me. There has been situations when I have wanted to go up and say "hey, what are you smiling?", but I am afraid that I will fail miserably because there is nothing to say next. Its small city also (~200k), so I just might bump into that person again.
I am really shy person, an introvert, but I have improved a lot. I see nice people every day, people who I would like to know, but I have no way of interracting. I used to avoid people, just look down or something when passing by, because if I didn't, I might had to say something. But I have improved. Although recently was a weird case, some russian girl at my work who I saw first time just said hi to me, it was so sudden that I lost my reaction and just had a blank nod... It turned her away, but she is young and not my type at all, I would like to avoid her. But it was the mere act of someone saying hi to someone who he/she doesn't know that intrigues me.
But it was a workplace, there it is more normal because you are supposed to hang around there and get to know people. but in random places like street or store, is different.
What are your opinions and suggestions on this? How to gain up the balls and what is the procedure? How would you act if someone came up to you at street, what are your thoughts?