Being friendly...

The question is, when do you say hello to people passing you? Obviously you don't say hello to everyone that walks past you on Oxford Steet - that would be impossible - and yet when you walk around the tourist attractions in NZ, we all say hello to each other as we pass at the relatively quiet spots. But when it gets "busy" (in NZ that means seeing half a dozen people in an hour), we go back to not saying hello. So the question is, how many people have to be around for a hello to be the right thing (as opposed to over-friendliness that seems out of place)? We've got it wrong a few times....

Michelle also promised to say "howdi" to the next group that passed because we were getting bored of "hi", "hi there" and "hello" (there are only so many ways to say hello!) but she bottled it when it came to it!