Generally not. But then again, I generally don’t engage them either. My wife does all the shopping & other than 7-11, I try not to do to stores.
I’m relatively friendly with people at my kids’ games.
I generally find that people suck. They either talk to you in order to brag about how great their kids are or how good they are, or they want something from you.
Most times, I don’t really care what they have to say. “Have a nice day”. Do they really mean it or care if I do? Probably not.
We know the people of our “small town”. “
We were born in that same small town”
Jack and Diane are our neighbors and friends. We ask about their kids or grandkids They know how we like our coffee. Hopefully those who serve the customers will have the same closeness and it will continue to be a place where friends and neighbors gather.
John used to stop in regularly at local burger restaurant. Greeted everyone with a “hi folks, how we doing today!” MC D will have trouble keeping up with that atmosphere. Conversation was cheap— free!