Preemptive hi

Anonybabe is still standoffish if approached by anyone...hell, they don't have to do more than speak in her direction from across them room and she mums up and stares.

But she's miss social butterfly as long as she gets to start the interaction.

"Hi!" she'll call to every stranger we pass on the street. "Hi-ee!" And then if they say hello, she stops to soak in the pleasure of initiating a call & response, pausing on the sidewalk and giving a goofy little guffaw before moving on.

We went into a coffee shop on Friday, and drunk with the pleasure of saying hello, she called it out as soon as we got in the door before she could really find anyone to direct it to.

Some people seem annoyed, as if they don't relish having to talk to anyone on the street, but how do you not respond to a chipper little toddler? I try to withhold my "isn't she better than quantum physics with a side of creamy peanut butter" smile from those folks after they murmur a begrudging "hi" back.