When I walk around by myself in crowded areas I have this little game where I try to make at least 5 people smile. So today I am in London and due to the time difference I woke up an hour earlier than I needed to. When I walked out of the tube station I was pretty disoriented as I never seem to know which exit I just took (Country side girl :-)) So I am standing there looking at a map from the hotel and suddenly there is this loud noise. Very loud noise from very nearby.
I look around sort of irritated and so do a few more people. A girl that is handing out flyers walks to her bag to check her phone but clearly that isn’t it. The noise continues and it takes an entire minute or even more until I realize it is my alarm clock that is creating all this noise. Wow, no wonder I never use this phone to wake me up … what a sound! Anyway I just had to laugh at myself really loud and the girl looked at me and laughed even louder. Now that sounded much better than the silly alarm. And I though that is 1 of 5 right there. Unless laughing out loud counts for even more than 1 smile :-)
I managed to get to 8 people smiling on my way to the office and it was a perfect way to start the day! It’s a game that just never gets boring.
My challenge for you…how many people can you get to smile next time you walk around?
