| So working in a job where I have to interact with a lot of people... I more often than I'd like to admit, get told that I need to smile more. Especially recently.... since my mood has been kind of shit. I know its something that mostly girls get, but I think smiling in general even if you're faking it is like a sign that everything is ok and that you're "friendly" and open and in jobs in customer service and stuff its really important. So yeah anyone tell you need to smile more? What do you think about smiling and do you force yourself sometimes? |
 "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| when people tellme that i show them what my smile looks like and they just feel bad |
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BlakexEkalb said: Same, and it intensifies even more when I have a mustache. I've had a friend tell me I have a "resting bitchface" before and my mom always says "you look better when you smile".I have a naturally angry/depressed face. One time I went into a store and this guy in on of those electronic carts for those in wheelchairs said "You should smile!" The guy was genuine, and I felt both happy and annoyed. I hate when people say "Smile more" when my face is normal, but I understood that he was just a gleeful older man. |
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| same here but I do not wish to put on a smile when i'm not in a great mood for someone who's serving for others, I guess its actually reasonable to be informed to do so because you gotta be friendly to customers and at the same time show passion to yourself I used to work at starbucks and I smile a lot I usually take dayoffs when I'm struggling with my emotions because I do not want to go there and upset people with my negativity and ofc, putting on fake smiles is not something I want either but I guess sometimes its inevitable, and you have to force yourself to be positive and friendly to others since it's considered a social skill |
MAYOIIIJan 20, 2019 11:42 AM
| Nah, I tend to be in a pretty good mood and I'm pretty expressive. So I don't get that much ^^ |
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| Never... but I see a lot of people telling someone smile more in anime so don't worry, you are doing it right now just wait for a girl to meet you and start making you smile more. |
 "というわけで。待望の、体 操 服！ でっあ～る。祭りであれば、余も着飾ってはいられぬと用意したが……うむ！ 心身ともに軽くなったようだ。どうだ？ 似合っているであろう、マスター？" - Random Quote From Internet by Saber Nero |
| This is mainly a North American thing. In many other parts of the world, people only smile when there's a good reason to do it, like when you're around friends/family, or telling jokes. We here in North America are referred to as a "Walking Toothpaste Commercial," because many of us have a habit of smiling too much, especially in public around strangers. |
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| Yeah some of my friends used to say that I should smile more , but these friends don't know me that much , the close friends don't say that to me cause they know what I went through life , and probably what I will experience the happiness and the sad moments . Especially that I noticed in some of video which made a tourist in Poland , that in Poland is casual but not in foreign countries that we are all going with neutral "poker face" in Poland without giving emotions , for me it was weird to go through streets with a smile , but I don't know if that's true or not . |
| Yeah, usually from my co-workers. But when they tell me to "smile" I say "give me a reason to smile" then I blow cigar smoke in their face and screech away in my tricked out Camero. |
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| No, but I think I look pretty neutral when not smiling. Not anything like grumpy or depressed, unless I'm in a bad mood, which doesn't happen very often. |
| i understand why they do it. humans are gregarious creatures that vary in sociability. and when you aren’t smiling, you have an effect on other people’s moods and they way they think. they could think that you dislike them, and nobody likes being disliked. body language is powerful. it’s usually the most bubbly or sociable person that points it out. i mentally curse them out in my head. fuck you, you don’t control me, i control me. i usually end up smiling unwillingly in order to appear “normal”. though there has been some instances where i coldly throw silence back at them, then i am an asshole. or another option is to shrug. if you have balls, say to them if they ask you to smile, “cause i see you” either seriously or jokingly. if it’s a serious request at work for you to smile more, then of course you’re in a bind. |
| Nope. I've been complimented on my smile though :) |
| I've had random people tell me to smile, including some lady in a store. I am not really sure how to respond. |
  WORK IN PROGRESS ~The frog leapt forth to my lilypad memory.~ I was indoctrinated by an inamorata rabbit, Adenomata affronted. It was the verecund, dismissed creatures That I jubilated in most. This rabbit I would nurture, At the aiguille of esse, The anneal of noblesse. ❤️ Birdie ❤️ |
| I'm only told to smile for pictures which I don't like doing fake smiles. I also get told to just "cheer up". |
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| No, never, but I've been asked about my mood, if I'm upset. It's not my fault I was born with this face. |
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| nah, quite the opposite actually. everyone tells me i smile a lot, which in their eyes is a compliment but not so much in mine. i fake smile so much i cant even tell when im smiling for real. i think it's fine if you arent smiling all the time as long as your verbal attitude is fine. from my experience, there are a lot of people who find it unsettling that someone's smiling at them because they think im laughing at them or have malicious intent. |
| Yes and it's my expression that makes people ask me to smile F*ck off man I'm just focusing |
  "O kawaii koto" ( ´• ᴗ •` ) I wish i could love myself~ |
| Yea was told by my co-worker to smile more, I think it's important to smile in tough times and it's always better to try to be happy then feel down. When it comes to work I do force myself to smile because I want the customers to feel happy, but I don't smile a lot in public. |
| Lions don't listen to sheep 👌 💯 💸 😎 |
| Does reading the title as "Getting to old to smile anymore" count? |
| Closer. |
| I smile when I feel awkward and as a timid person that’s like all the time. My family has told me I am too nice to strangers and that i’d be the idiot who follows a kidnapper. It hurts that they think i’m that gullible but at the same time I am bad at judging ppls character |
| At most times, I only smile when I feel like it. |
| yeah i've been asked to smile more, quite often. usually under working circumstances. obviously i know how to fake a smile but if i'm not in a good mood i'd rather just avoid talking to people as much as possible - so i'll start working a lot harder to interact with people as little as possible. i feel like in general, i look like a pretty mopey or even cold kind of person so it's hard to change that - even if i do smile. |
| Ive been told that at job interviews before. I obviously wasn't the 'smile on purpose' type but the guy even said 'sometimes you kinda gotta fake it, you know?' That was one job I didn't get >_> |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| Hmmm.. I wouldn't say I've been told to smile more per se, but I sometimes tend to have bit of "resting bitch face" in that when I'm in no particular mood, I do look a bit bored/upset/angry, which constantly makes people ask me if I'm okay. |
| meh, when working with people in a field we have to communicate a lot in, its important to keep in mind the social graces so people just "feel" better. i guess i could stand to smile more but its not been a problem really |
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| ..Even tho I laugh at like everything |
| I'm about as introverted as you can get, yet my job forces me to be out in front of people and to put on a happy / smiling face at all times. I also suffer from depression and anxiety, both of which have been pretty bad lately. During work hours, I put on a front and act as if everything is perfectly fine and I represent my company well. But when I get home, that's when I can unload and just take a break. I don't have to fake smile about anything. |
| Talk less Smile more Don’t let them know what you're against or what you're for~ |
| I don't want them to see how I look like, wanting to rape the nearest tree. |
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