No I'm NOT Stalking You!

I'm not what you would call a social butterfly. I'm certainly no hermit either. But I'm not the type of guy would walk up to someone in the metro who I had a class with three years ago and might have said two words to at a party once and start a, "so how have you been?", conversation. Having said that, I will say hello to a co-worker that I pass on the street, or drop in on a sick friend just to make sure they're ok. So when three different people in three different circumstance accuse me of stalking them in the span of a week it really sticks in my prick. I mean, what the fuck? Am I supposed to snub you as you walk by and then be all chummy next shift we both work? Or do you want me to avoid you like the plague when you're feeling shitty and let you die alone?(well maybe in that case it's not unreasonable) I for one like it when someone acknowledges my existence in this largely homogenous urban terrarium. Personally I get a little lonely in the anonymous crowds. When someone takes the time to say, "Hey, I know you." it makes me feel a little more connected. Of course I blame technology for this phenomena of forced avoidance. Cell phones, text messaging, instant messaging, Facebook, etc... These inventions have forever altered the socially acceptable means we have of communicating with one another. Where it was once normal to knock on someone’s door when you were in the neighborhood, we now send a text message delicately asking if they are busy and if they would mind if we swung by. It's gotten to the point when we can't even call people without a furious round of instant messaging before hand just to make sure the conversation will be worth the effort of actually speaking the words. It's sick. It's driving us apart as humans, (who are social creatures by the way). I'm of the mind that I don't want to live in world where every friendly "hello", "how ya doin" or "wanna hang out" needs to be proceeded by an obnoxious digital bleep in order for it do be deigned legitimate. SAYING HI IS NOT DEVIANT BEHAVOIR DAMNIT! So screw, those of you who can't handle a hello on the street or a random visit, I ain't stopping and I'm switching my cell phone to silent.