When you randomly make eye contact with a stranger do you smile or just look away?

I just stare at them until they look away.





No, that would be rude. The way I was raised it is considered rude to look directly at people, and in polite conversation you turn your head a little so you don't appear to be impolite.





When I make eye contact with people accidentally, I look away.





Often misinterpreted by people raised in confrontational, less civilized societies, like the U.S.When you randomly make eye contact with a stranger do you smile or just look away?
Smile! It will scare some people and leave the rest wondering what your up to! :)When you randomly make eye contact with a stranger do you smile or just look away?
somtimes i smile but i usually look away i dont know why
I usually try to smile, unless they look especially angry.
No! you just tear your clothes off, and shout ';TAKE ME'; Lol. Just nod and look away.
Usually I smile or say hello. Unless they beat me to it with a crude gesture or word.
I usually try to keep a pleasant expression on my face at all times. Then if I do catch someones eye, it just feels normal to smile at them. Unless it's a cute guy of course, then they get a really quick smile and my eyes go straight to my shoes or or to my watch or the sky or something. I'm pretty shy.
I smile unless for some reason I think they will think it is a come on....
That depends on whether you like what you see, doesn't it?
Both. It's polite to smile, maybe not playfully as for a sign to coming on to them, just to assure them that you wernt glaring at them. After they acknoledge that, you can look away.
It depends: generally, I will smile (despite living in New York City!), but if it looks like the person could be dangerous or otherwise troublesome, I'll try to keep a blank expression. Not meaning to be rude, but just being careful since there are some crazies out there and a smile might be taken as encourage to latch onto you. I think that's why so many people here in NYC are afraid to smile at strangers. However, I still do get plenty of smiles in return. So, New Yorkers, don't give up on smiling! (Sorry, didn't mean to turn this into a New York thing.)
Smile, just to be friendly.
Look away in case they stab me.
Depends.


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I smile, but they don't always smile back but I live in a place where ignorance runs rampant.
It depends on my mood. I should probably smile more, but sometimes people are just staring at me and I think it's rude, so I don't smile. I know that the more you smile, the nicer people will treat you. But, I have learned that not smiling will make people leave you alone; you are less likely to be forced into a mundane conversation with someone or have someone ask you for money.
Depends who the stranger is .....
I frequently smile at strangers when they make the initial eye contact. When I don't it is usually if I am in a hurry or in a down mood. If I am hurrying or down I don't want to take the time.
I would smile :)
smile it will make your day remember one good deed a day will make someone Else's day
Depends on who it is, how she (he) looks.


If it is a policeman or a hooligan, I tend to innocently look away.


If it is a nice woman, I smile, or even better: I return the smile
smile and the world will smile back at you.
look away.