Sometimes when I’m going, for example, by bus, there are some people that are open to talk and try chatting with you. The same happened this week on Thursday- I was sitting next to woman at her 70s, which struggled with ticket machine so i helped her. After that we begun to talk about how the world has changed and how different are young people now.
After that I realised that I’ve never talked in transport communication with stranger who had less than 60 years. Is it really because young people changed so much, and don’t want to chat with strangers, or maybe because it’s just how polish people are? I heard so many times that polish people are distant, cold and not really communicative with strangers. But truth be told I’ve only seen this in big polish cities like Warsaw. For example when you visit village at the east of Poland it’s normal to greet everyone you see and have small-talk with someone, while even if you say „good morning” to someone in park in Warsaw he will give you odd look. I think, that all the distance that people in metropolias put is something that begun 100 years ago, when no one was trust-worthy. But again, why some elderly are so open to small talk? Is it because of loneliness and need to talk or because it’s just the way they are? It’s difficult say which one is true but I think there’s a lot of things that influence their behaviour and want to talk. So adding it everything together- polish people are distant to strangers because of: first, the influence of history and the way thair grandparents was, second, the current fast life style that occurs in big cities.
After that I realised that I’ve never talked in transport communication with stranger who had less than 60 years. Is it really because young people changed so much, and don’t want to chat with strangers, or maybe because it’s just how polish people are? I heard so many times that polish people are distant, cold and not really communicative with strangers. But truth be told I’ve only seen this in big polish cities like Warsaw. For example when you visit village at the east of Poland it’s normal to greet everyone you see and have small-talk with someone, while even if you say „good morning” to someone in park in Warsaw he will give you odd look. I think, that all the distance that people in metropolias put is something that begun 100 years ago, when no one was trust-worthy. But again, why some elderly are so open to small talk? Is it because of loneliness and need to talk or because it’s just the way they are? It’s difficult say which one is true but I think there’s a lot of things that influence their behaviour and want to talk. So adding it everything together- polish people are distant to strangers because of: first, the influence of history and the way thair grandparents was, second, the current fast life style that occurs in big cities.
According to reseach, Poles show the lowest level of trust (towards other people in general - strangers, neighbours, etc.) among European nations. There are different explanations of this but the fact remains - we do not trust other people.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. I think it's more common in bigger cities where people just don't really bother to get to know someone when they will probably never see him/her again.
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