I'm quite a shy person, I rarely make conversation with strangers although I was brought up by a fantastic grandmother who could start a conversation with anyone, she would always chat to people at a bus stop. She's from the war generation and has inpressed me with her solidarity towards others and her amazing charisma. I'd love to be the same way and could be so but it seems to be regarded as strange nowadays. I'm posting this because I butted in on a conversation between a lady, probably around 28, and a shop assistant because she couldn't find no "wine stuff for chinese meals" (probably for an olympics party from what I could tell) but when I explained she needed rice wine and could use dry white sherry I got the distinct impression that the lady in question thought I was either a nutter or trying to pull. Kind of ignored me with a smile.
Oh dear whats wrong with the world? We wouldn't think twice about offering advice on the boards?