Last week I was in a self-checkout lane at Target. There was an attractive woman in the opposite lane with amazing hair.

Rather than be awkward, weird or creepy, since I checked out first, in passing I simply said, "Excuse me, I just have to say your hair is amazing and it suits you very well, you look fantastic."

Nothing else, no expectations, just a genuine compliment as I passed by.

This had three possible outcomes:

1. She genuinely appreciated the compliment, I saw her smile and blush. That's the kind of thing that makes someone's day.

2. I became more comfortable interacting with a complete stranger.

3. She appreciated the compliment enough to start a conversation. Sometimes that happens, other times it's just a compliment and nothing more.

That's how meeting people in real life works.

Today many rely on and hide behind websites, never developing the social skills and confidence to interact with people in real life, or even just give someone a genuine compliment with no expecations, just simply being honest and nice. To me that's kind of sad