The Editor,
Re: "A smile goes a long way," Letters, July 13.
I would like to congratulate Jo Anne Gray on her very timely and articulate letter regarding the unfriendliness we are currently encountering in our local community.
This is my daily experience as well. I frequently walk the trails and boardwalks around Steveston and the South Dyke, and seldom get any response to my greetings.
I think this is a very sad reflection on our social condition. People have become so self-involved and insular, so obsessed with their electronic gadgets, they cannot even manage eye contact, let alone a smile.
It seems so ironic in this day and age of apparent ultra-communication with all our cell phone use, texting, etc., that in fact, we are really communicating less on a personal level. This can only spell disaster for us in years to come.
So please, everyone who reads this, try smiling at someone you encounter next time you are out and about - you may never know the difference that could make to someone else's day. What have you got to lose?
Carlie Holland Steveston
