[LasTins]

I've been experimenting with smiles and have come to the conclusion that if you (I mean I) don't seek eye contact, then of course there will be no smiles, but if I start eye contact, the smile is inevitable. but I guess in our western culture we don't make eye contact with strangers passing by in the street or sometimes not even with the waiter who takes our order.

I agree with Steve that back home if you look and smile at a stranger, you'll be taken for a half-witted person or worse.