July 25, 2005

waving to strangers

While in Liberty, South Carolina last week I participated in the common southern small town practice of waving to people one sees -- both on foot and in cars -- while out and about. Today I waved to an older gentleman as I drove out of my neighborhood, but he looked at me as though I was trying to coax him over to buy a bag of crack! I've got to remember that I'm up north again....

Posted by wrjacobs at July 25, 2005 03:55 PM | TrackBack
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i was in kiawah, SC not too long ago... the carolinas are like a different world! hope the rest of your time there was more friendly than this dude...

Posted by: vix at July 28, 2005 09:40 AM

hi walt! if you drive a few hours into the boonies, you will find that many people in small towns will spontaneously wave at you (or gladly wave back, if you are the initiator). except that you're black, so maybe they'd be afraid of you and still not wave.
:-/ kim

Posted by: kim at July 27, 2005 09:10 AM
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