American sense of 'space'.- Page 4
American sense of 'space'.
#75american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 10:03am
I notice here in NY, especially on the subway, most people want to escape sitting very close to others. whenever there's an end seat available, someone rushes to it..As soon as someone gets up to leave the train, the person next to them moves over a little.
common to want your own little space. It frees you to move around some.
"Here you have a situation where there is no space unless you are on a corporate jet" exactly.
"In many places having a lot of living space is considered a luxury. Having that space indicates affluence."
Yes, that's my point. More personal space is desired.
But I do understand the opportunities lost in not be receptive to sharing space with strangers. I've had enjoyable conversations that way myself. I just prefer it the other way.
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StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#76american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 12:28pm
Q, I find myself chatting with strangers too....I'm very chit-chatty. But on the other hand, I'm like Jane where I don't want someone I don't know sitting all up on me.
KFTC!!!!!
#77american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 12:35pm
sitting all up on me.
there go my weekend plans.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#78american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 12:39pm
"So, if you see me coming, run."
Isn't that what you try and do when you see me, Q?
I like my personal space, I admit. But I do like going to this particular french bistro, Le Pain Quotidien, where there are a few table, and one LONG table. Even though the people seated at this long table rarely talk to each other, it IS nice to feel "communal". Last time I had dinner there, the woman across from me shared the paper. It's those "little" things that make me smile.
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#79american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 1:00pmi try to commune whenever i see you, shira.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#80american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 2:34pmI guess this is relevant to the topic. In America I've noticed that people are more open to chatting with strangers in a small town than in a large city. Not that this is unusual.
#81american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 2:43pm
That's true, Krissy. Though in a small town you generally are accorded more space on a regular basis.
Which means, I guess, that in a large city, you guard your personal space more jealously, because there's less of it.
Kind of makes sense, though I'd never thought about it before.
#82american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 2:57pm
"sitting all up on me.
there go my weekend plans. "
LOL!
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#83american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 3:09pmI think I may have said this in another thread a while back, but my favorite line regarding personal space was when a friend of mine turned to the man who was leaning all over her on the subway and said "Excuse me, but you cannot ride this train AND my butt for no dollar!"
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#84american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 3:16pmcan't remember if this was said earlier in the thread... but i HATE when people start to converse with me when i'm in the bathroom... geez... talk about where privacy is needed the most.. haha... and i can't stand people who talk on their cell phones in the bathroom... it just bugs me
#85american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 3:19pm
I agree, eatlasagna.
I mean, after a glance over at the urinal, I might say "Oh wow. Good for you!"
But that's about it.
nygrl232
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/08
#86american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 3:44pmOne might conclude from this thread that artscallion and Q are on opposite ends of the personal space preference spectrum. One could only imagine what would happen if they were to meet.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#88american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 5:39pm
I like to imagine that Q would touch artscallion on the nose and say "boop". 
nygrl232
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/08
#91american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 5:51pmAh, Reg, you can boop me anytime you'd like.
#93american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 5:55pmI'm quite boopable and I have the statistics to prove it.
#94american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 6:44pm
"...artscallion and Q are on opposite ends of the personal space preference spectrum. One could only imagine what would happen if they were to meet."
NYgrl232, PJ envisioned it perfectly in that plane crash thread:
"First artscallion will stand erect, spread his wings and produce a "hissing" sound.
Next, Q will charge. He is relentless and cannot be frightened away...."
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#96american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 10:35pm
Jane, he wasn't being critical at all, he was being European.....it's accepted there.....they do not have the space issues we have. Americans fell almost entitled, and that always cracks me up.
We get so freaky if someone gets too "close"...I've just never understood it
I will say it did go one step too far when I had my dinner sitting next to an English bulldog, who was staring at my chili a bit too intently. Dogs in restaurants bother me
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
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#97american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 10:44pmElph, there are some dogs I'd rather sit next to than some people I know!
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#98american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/15/09 at 10:54pm
I mean, really!
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KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#99american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:00am
"Dogs in restaurants bother me"
it's "being European.....it's accepted there" XD
I have no problem with dogs in restaurants if they are well behaved. There is one cafe where I would always take my dog. Everyone there loved him, at least everyone who spoke up. The odd thing is that dogs are held to higher standards of behavior in restaurants than children are. Children are the ones who go running around, screaming, smashing into your table, sneezing on your plate, yet in America there are bans on dogs in restaurants but not on children. As to cleanliness, children carry more of the diseases adults are likely to catch.
I'm not saying ban children from restaurants. I'm just saying that a trained dog is better behaved.
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