We have all been there. You walk into your neighborhoods cafe, order your coffee, read your newspaper and pretend nobody is around you. Even if you notice something interesting going on, you try to look with the corner of your eye. If it involves a strangers things get even more tricky.

You don't want to look weird or too curious or just plain nosy.

Stranger anxiety is the most widespread hellfire club stranger things disease of the modern society. Sounds unusual but it really is true. Man is a social being and we cannot live without communication. So what is it that makes us avoid conversation and contact with others today?

Maybe a fear of the unknown. We don't really know who the person sitting next to us is. What are his intentions? Why does he want to initiate conversation? Does he have any ulterior motives...or even worse could he do any harm to us?

All of which I understand since the criminality today has reached high levels. Especially in big cities. But are we becoming somehow obsessed with avoiding strangers? Is it about time to start teaching out children to be more open?