How many of us go to our grocers and people like our cigarette vendors on a daily basis? Seeing them on a much more regular basis than we’d wish to see our loved ones. This develops a personal relation with them having dynamics that many of our relations might be devoid of.

Before people shun me for my smoking habits, it’s worth considering that’s not the point to ponder upon here. It’s the fact that even after having such a regular interaction and close relation to these people, a very handful of us know their full names even and even fewer of us take any interest in their daily problems.

Perhaps we can change this by showing a little more interest in making a conversation with them and truly be “familiar” with them.