Talking to strangers

STRANGER, if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, 

why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? 

– Walt Whitman

Although I am not nearly as talkative or people-oriented 

as this Jason appears to be, 

nor would I want to do something like this, 

his experiment is still a nice idea.

he writes:

"Growing up, I regularly turned away when my dad did what he does best because I was anxious about what he may say, certain that he would embarrass me. Why did he care to talk with people he’d never see again? I never thought to ask him until recently:

Just to talk to other people, to see how they feel about other things. 

I’ve never really put much thought into it."