Lydy's Anarchist Revival Meeting

If they're swift and efficient, then it wouldn't bother me, although it might not read as polite. If they're slow and sullen, it would annoy me. In the bodega example, I felt like I got a friendly acknowledgment, in that the cashier smiled at me, but didn't bother with extraneous interactions. I think that this sort of interaction is more polite in large cities, where people are overloaded with other people, and so its polite to give as many people as possible additional space and privacy. There is a thing service people do, where they pretend you're not really there, that I find rude and condescending. But I prefer the sorts of interactions where there's no extraneous socializing. I also prefer people who talk fast and get to the point.