Greeting random strangers

Maybe I'm nuts, but I've been doing this thing where I smile at and greet people I've never spoken to before for a couple of years now, often spouting remotely relevant nonsense in the process. You know, passers by on the street, new colleagues at work, clerks at the counter, etc. OK, so I definitely am nuts... but this practice has brightened many a preoccupied stranger's day, as is testified by the warm smiles and hearty laughter I so often get in return. In fact, up until this morning, the worst response I got was being completely ignored, even by the most shady of customers. Hell, it even works on grumpy old ladies!
 
That all changed this day, however, in my fateful encounter with a young dude passing me on the street on the way to work. He wore this cool shirt that read, "KICK ASS."  Naturally, I smiled and greeted him with the universally amicable gesture of a double thumbs-up, cheering, "Hey, kick-ass!" He didn't look none to impressed, so I figured he was going to give me the ignore, but as he walked past me, to my horror, he replied in a decidedly non-amicable tone of voice, "I'll kick your fuckin' ass." He promptly walked off as I fruitlessly tried to explain to his back that I was referring to the logo on his shirt.
 
I am now convinced that people who wear "KICK ASS" shirts are the spawn of the devil. Nevertheless, I shall not abandon my duty of distributing smiles amongst my human brethren! A stranger is simply a friend you haven't met yet, after all. XD

I like to drive by people who are walking and honk the horn, but look and wave in the opposite direction.

people who do this make me feel uncomfortable. One time a lady at a coffee shop decided to talk at me for several minutes about her journeys trying to find a place that serves panninis. I of course tried to be polite but was rewarded by even more insane jabberings. My advice if you don't want someone to talk to you be rude.

Please don't stop, the world needs more people like you!

I do not quite go as far as you but I do try make eye-contact, smile and then greet everybody when I pass them on the street. Besides people ignoring me that hasn't led to any negative reactions yet.

I don't like when people do this, it annoys me for some reason.

I would ignore you, talking to people I don't know is one of the most uncomfortable things.

Depends on what you're talking about. I had a cashier at Sears start telling me about the pornographic novel her son wrote in 5th grade while I was trying to buy a pair of pants. Awwwkward

I'm convinced that people who wear the same two shirts to work all week are the scum of the earth. ( She's a woman I think too)

That doesn't necessarily seem like a bad habit, just some grumpy dude. Don't stop OP!

ya i also greet strangers and i pretty much smile at everyone. actually I'm smiling most of the time.

I don't mind when people do that. I usually look at the floor when I walk so by the time I look up they've already passed me :{

You should have kicked his ass and made him take off the shirt.

Fuck the human race.

As long as you're not trying to talk to people about things they are REALLY uninterested in then more power to you.

I hate people who I don't know just thinking they can strike up a conversation unless im drunk or im somewhere where social interaction is necessary. Random people can fuck right off.

some lady on a bus once tried to convert me by saying things like "jesus makes life worth it".

I like to say hi to strangers and compliment them, and this guy was wearing an anarchy shirt and I shouted "Anarchy! :D" and he followed me around like he was going to mug me. I got to a public enough place where I could escape, and as I walked by he muttered some vague swear-filled threat. What a prick. I love you OP.

I wave at random people from the bus sometimes.