There’s this scene in Waking Life that I love, where the main character is walking down into a subway, and on the way down, before he rounds the corner, his eyes meet with a girl who’s walking up, and they squeak little “hi’s” to each other. As they carry on, she turns and says something like “Hey, wait a minute. That was nice…let’s do that again.” And then she goes into a diatribe about how people are always walking around with their antennae feeling about, but completely turned off, rarely making eye contact, or smiling at a stranger.
Since seeing that movie, I do both. Often. Makes me feel good to know someone smiled back at me and their day brightened just a little. I wonder if anyone will ever turn around and say “hey, that was nice…let’s do that again.”
Fuck you, yes I’m a sap.