Yesterday I was at a restaurant with my friends. This Asian guy came in and sat near us. I noticed him speaking Korean on the phone. I consume a lot of Korean content, so this got me really excited. On a whim, I decided to go up to him and chat. I introduced myself, and he invited me to sit with him if I wanted to, even though he was a bit awkward, lol. He ordered some stuff for me. I found out he’s here in Switzerland for work, and we had a good talk. I ended up hanging out with him around the city. We exchanged contact info and are seeing each other again today after he gets off work. It was my first time doing something like this, and I honestly didn’t know meeting people could be so spontaneous and organic.
I’d like to but I’m scared of people. I also feel like i’m bothering people.
This is something that you can work through. For the longest time I was unable to figure out that, if I was not bothered when someone striked up a conv with me, then surely… the opposite was likely to be true as well. ofc YMMV because everyone is different, but try it out. Leave your expectations at the door and try it out. Have a good one,
You could try talking to older people who didn’t grow up with a phone plastered to their face so it wouldn’t be weird for them.
How old are we talking?
Probably anyone over 40-45 or so who reached adulthood before smartphones became a thing. The first iphone was 2007 and it was still a while before everyone had one and the addictive apps took them over. So even if they had cell phones in their teens or tweens they would only have been talking and texting with their friends on them, IOW socially interacting face to face with people most of the time.