Fake smiles...how do you deal with them?

Question

So you walk into work, a shop, or wherever one day and someone gives you a "nasty" kind of smile that looks forced and unnatural. So what do you do?

Answer 1

walk right on by and act as if i didnt see that fake-ness...fake people want you to see them, that's why they put on an "act" but if you don't acknowledge their fake-ness, it pretty much served them no purpose to be fake...so, i'd just hold my head up and keep on with my bad self... =) what about you?

s!ht...just realized your question said walk into work or a shop...nvm, what i said...just smile back...they're just doing their job....

Answer 2

I just smile naturally... they could use some ;)

Answer 3

I shoot a fake smile right back to them....then i leave their stupid store LOL

Answer 4

Give them one back, or sometimes ask if they get worn out with management making them smile when they are hurting or otherwise miserable.

That last usually gets a real smile because I expressed understanding of their situation.

Answer 5

Well, since I don't know what might cause them to give a fake smile, I would just give them my real smile and go on about my business. I worked retail a few times and things happened that put me on the verge of tears. I'm sure there was more than one customer that thought my smile was forced and unnatural and it was.  

Answer 6

Don't worry about it, ignore people like that, they're just ignorant.

Answer 7

Smiley  very sincerely back at them... don't let them win by being rude back.

Answer 8

Just give them a "natural looking smile" & you may have just made their day, not to mention teaching them how to smile genuinely.   :D

Answer 9

I just ignore it. Unless their verbally getting nasty along with the smile. I have a friend? at work like that. She has a REAL phoney laugh too that drives me right up the wall. You can tell shes being PHONEY!!!  I leave the area when I see her act that way. I HATE phoney people!!

Answer 10

i pay them no mind. unless there is something said to me by such a person, i keep it moving. who knows what funk they are in. if they have a beef ith me, i keep my distance until i'm confrionted.

Answer 11

I HATE that. I prefer the person not to smile at all. Sometimes your true emotions show in your actions. But people tend to do this. I ignore it, but my out look on that person is no longer positive. If they give a fake smile, I perceive that their personality is fake also.

Answer 12

Return the fake smile in a very obvious way so they know I am aware of what they are doing.

Answer 13

Depending on my mood, either I ignore ot or return it with one of my own.

Answer 14

Smak that stupid grin right off their face!  Na I lie, that sounds fun though. Give them a funny grin back, Maybe they'll catch the implications. Or look at them like, "Eww.."