my day was just made better by a poor old lady wearing too much lipstick<br>although, in my opinion, that's not as bad as the "too much perfume" old ladies.<br><em>here's the short story:</em><br>in publix i was looking at the bolthouse farms section and couldn't find the <del>droids</del> c-boost smoothie i was looking for.<br>there was a lady standing next to me, holding an open sales ad in her hands and inspecting the price tags.<br>stereotypical enough?<br>well, i was perfectly content to ignore her and continue with my selection (as seems the social norm), except..<br>she leaned over to me and said "these are 2 for $4", pointing at the odwalla on the shelf.<br>we had a short discussion about how odwalla is too pasty and how much more lively the boldhouse smoothies are..<br>at the end of it all, she was smiling and asked my name.. then thanked me for helping her make a decision.<br>such a simple interaction. so simple. yet, why is it such a rare thing?<br>nobody looks at each other in public anymore. nobody talks.<br>people pretend they're the only one in the whole store and none of them talk.<br>as i was walking away i almost felt like crying.<br>(i wouldn't actually cry, of course. crying causes wrinkles.)<br><strong>what do you think about the general unfriendliness of our culture? </strong>write your answer in the comments below!<strong><br></strong>