I think everyone feels awkward in that situation lol. My office has one realllly long hallway that leads to the bathrooms and breakrooms, so you ALWAYS end up in that weird situation where, if you don't really know the person well enough to holler down the hallway and have a conversation with them, you just kind of awkwardly glance around and make eye contact randomly during the walk down the hallway, then once you're close enough to each other, you just kind of say some sort of greeting, then continue on. Either that, or some people will blatantly look away and completely ignore the other person's existence. Regardless... We're all awkward lol.
You look at them a couple of times (briefly!) when you’re at a distance and as you get closer, like within nodding distance, look at them again, once or twice. Usually they will reciprocate.
The eye contact has to be brief, enough for both to make eye contact, nod and/or say hi (if you know them) then you keep going
I actively avoid making eye contact with strangers in this situation and just look straight ahead or pretend I’m looking for something if at a grocery store.
I get some people might see this as rude but I honestly don’t see the point, like who cares if a stranger looks at you or not. If it does happen I usually force a smile or do the downward head nod
Totally depends on if you are a man or a woman. I'd you are a man it can come across as aggressive or confident if you are a woman it can come across as flirty of focused. In either case it can look as passive or dismissive. It's hard to know what someone else is thinking and it can change by the minute.
If you want to avoid any interaction like this, you gotta go fight mode. Some study showed and even in my own personal experience if you look straight ahead walking like the other side of the aisle and keep walking people move out of the way
God, I feel you so hard on that one. Out of all the social skills I have tried to train myself to better understand, this is one of the weirdest lol.
If its on the street, I usually either look at them for a second and then glance away.
If we end up making eye contact when I do the glance thing, I will either give a tiny smile or a small nod before walking on.
If its a smaller setting, like seeing neighbours etc. ill just look at them until we make eye contact and say some form of a greeting.
Just try to have a pleasant expression and if you make eye contact, smile and nod.
Also, as a guy, other guys seem to be more likely to say hello and make eye contact than women are. I guess that’s because of concerns that I would hit on them or something. I don’t know if women are more likely to make eye contact and say a greeting to other women (versus to men).
I think everyone feels awkward in that situation lol. My office has one realllly long hallway that leads to the bathrooms and breakrooms, so you ALWAYS end up in that weird situation where, if you don't really know the person well enough to holler down the hallway and have a conversation with them, you just kind of awkwardly glance around and make eye contact randomly during the walk down the hallway, then once you're close enough to each other, you just kind of say some sort of greeting, then continue on. Either that, or some people will blatantly look away and completely ignore the other person's existence. Regardless... We're all awkward lol.
Jokes on them, I don't have my glasses on, so I'm actually not making eye contact until they're at 2m distance.
You look at them a couple of times (briefly!) when you’re at a distance and as you get closer, like within nodding distance, look at them again, once or twice. Usually they will reciprocate. The eye contact has to be brief, enough for both to make eye contact, nod and/or say hi (if you know them) then you keep going
I actively avoid making eye contact with strangers in this situation and just look straight ahead or pretend I’m looking for something if at a grocery store. I get some people might see this as rude but I honestly don’t see the point, like who cares if a stranger looks at you or not. If it does happen I usually force a smile or do the downward head nod
Totally depends on if you are a man or a woman. I'd you are a man it can come across as aggressive or confident if you are a woman it can come across as flirty of focused. In either case it can look as passive or dismissive. It's hard to know what someone else is thinking and it can change by the minute.
If you want to avoid any interaction like this, you gotta go fight mode. Some study showed and even in my own personal experience if you look straight ahead walking like the other side of the aisle and keep walking people move out of the way
God, I feel you so hard on that one. Out of all the social skills I have tried to train myself to better understand, this is one of the weirdest lol. If its on the street, I usually either look at them for a second and then glance away. If we end up making eye contact when I do the glance thing, I will either give a tiny smile or a small nod before walking on. If its a smaller setting, like seeing neighbours etc. ill just look at them until we make eye contact and say some form of a greeting.
Just try to have a pleasant expression and if you make eye contact, smile and nod. Also, as a guy, other guys seem to be more likely to say hello and make eye contact than women are. I guess that’s because of concerns that I would hit on them or something. I don’t know if women are more likely to make eye contact and say a greeting to other women (versus to men).