Kookie Defines Greets

KOOKIE: "How are you?" "Nice to meet you." "Let's get in touch." Can these three generic examples of intro-to-convo be literally categorized under intention and meaning? Of course. But in reality, people can categorize these and take them into simple communication of politeness rather than intent meaning. Especially when people-not only students-are exposed to a new environment, no matter what every person's personality is like, a kind nature takes over people in such foreign surroundings. You are in a new place. You are in a new place with new people. New and foreign everything. How scary, right? In environments like these, it's only natural for people to start conversations with some sort of nice tone to appear better. So maybe it is natural for others to think twice about whether these statements are meaningful or not. But words have different meanings and effects depending on when and how they are used. In this sense, some people might reside in thinking that people don't actually mean what they say when they try to start a talk. When you don't know what to talk about first, you would use any of the three lines above to get a start. That's just a start. From that point on, depending on you and the opposite person, a relationship can develop or just halt from there. Everyone that I have encountered had different first-greeting responses when I first came to Troy. First impression also plays a great role, however, when someone said a simple "hello" or "nice to meet you" to me, I felt that much better to be in that situation. Even though they are small and simple words, after they tried to talk to me, I always wanted to be near the person, always talk to them, always hang out with them, always be his/her friend. Your presence is proved! In that sense, if someone uses that move, people shouldn't wonder if it's literal or not, but rather focus on how thankful they should be for being talked to and concerned about. Whether those simple yet strong words contain meaning or not is entirely up to the person speaking them. We shouldn't worry about it and just let our feelings and emotions from then on take over.