I have recently had a problem at my new job with smiling. I just started at a corporate type place where i have to work with a lot of people. I am the type of person who thinks people should smile at each other so I always make my best effort. Im starting now to get the impression that I should just not smile at people because whenever I smile at somebody and they dont smile back its very hard on me. Also there were certain people that I would smile at and they would always smile back when we say each other and now often those same people do not smile anymore, this is also VERY hard for me to deal with. I cant help but think that these people have formed some sort of negative opinion of me.
It looks like this is your first post, so welcome to SPW stuckinabeat. I also find myself in the situation you describe, where I have a reciprocal smiling relationship with coworkers or people in my apartment building, but then we stop, and I worry that it's because they don't like me, or that they think I don't like them. There doesn't seem to be any protocol for when to smile at casual acquaintances. Maybe it is better to just not smile, unless you're actually friends with the person, or they smile at you first.
i can't smile when i takes pictures.it felt very uncomfortable i feel akward as well if strangers smile to me but i smile back to them as well.but it think it's kinda fake.
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I also find myself in the situation you describe, where I have a reciprocal smiling relationship with coworkers or people in my apartment building, but then we stop, and I worry that it's because they don't like me, or that they think I don't like them. There doesn't seem to be any protocol for when to smile at casual acquaintances. Maybe it is better to just not smile, unless you're actually friends with the person, or they smile at you first.
