I find it incredibly rude and annoying when complete strangers tell me to smile. There's a guy at work who i find pretty obnoxious. I was getting ready to go home today and as i was locking up he came up to me when i was on my own and said " can you smile more tomorrow? I find it depressing". I just looked at him and was so surprised that i just sort of said "erm, ok".
I don't know who he thinks he is but i wouldn't dream of going up to people and telling them to smile, especially a stranger. I wish people would just mind their own business. It's not as though they're actually saying it because they want you to be happy it's because they live in their own little bubble and don't even consider that, oh, i don't know, maybe some people aren't happy and are going through something that maybe makes them feel like they don't want to plaster a fake smile on their face just to please people that don't even know or care about them in the first place.
What really annoys me though is i don't see anybody else at work walking around smiling all the time but it's always me who gets picked out for not smiling. I don't know if it's because i'm also quiet so people think they can say what they like to me or something but saying "smile" does in no way shape or form make me feel like smiling, it just makes me feel even more self conscious so if anyone reading this does this to other people please don't.
I don't know who he thinks he is but i wouldn't dream of going up to people and telling them to smile, especially a stranger. I wish people would just mind their own business. It's not as though they're actually saying it because they want you to be happy it's because they live in their own little bubble and don't even consider that, oh, i don't know, maybe some people aren't happy and are going through something that maybe makes them feel like they don't want to plaster a fake smile on their face just to please people that don't even know or care about them in the first place.
What really annoys me though is i don't see anybody else at work walking around smiling all the time but it's always me who gets picked out for not smiling. I don't know if it's because i'm also quiet so people think they can say what they like to me or something but saying "smile" does in no way shape or form make me feel like smiling, it just makes me feel even more self conscious so if anyone reading this does this to other people please don't.