Really? I got a couple of dirty looks, but I'm pretty charming. It's all in how you do it and whether or not you got game playa. Fro shaggiteh.
It's a great opportunity to polish your ability to make a great first impression. Excellent life skill--good to master when you're young and to integrate it into your personality.
Some tricks.
1) Find a high traffic area.
2) Make sure it's a choke point so that they can't dodge you. WUHAHAHAHA!
3) SMILE!
4) Tailor your greeting to the people you meet.
5) Dress well. People will assess your personality based only on how you look (clothes and apparent attitude). People like to associate with those who exhibit qualities they admire.
6) Apparent attitude is all about confidence. The smile being the biggy--other factors being a healthy volume for your voice (not too loud or quiet), good posture, and "open" body language.
7) Make sure not to get too close. I really hate it when strangers move into my personal space.
It's like a microcosm of life and business. [edit]If your life and relationships with other people are largely superficial.
