Smiles

[UncleRogi]

The "rude" (nude) thread inspired me to share....

If you confront folk with a smile, no matter what,
it's none of your concern...

They are the one having a bad day.

 

[Timewalker]

"I don't trust men who smile too much." - Kor

Some smiles are not friendly.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

There are smiles that make us happy,
There are smiles that make us blue,
There are smiles that steal away the teardrops,
As the sunbeams steal away the dew.

--Roberts & Callahan

There are pills that make you happy
There are pills that make you blue
There are pills to cure your streptococci
And some pills to cure your cock-eyes, too.

--Allan Sherman

 

[MacLeod]

"I don't trust men who smile too much." - Kor

Some smiles are not friendly.

And some are just put on, because their work expects them to be happy smiling people.

 

[Timewalker]

And some are just put on, because their work expects them to be happy smiling people.

True. But I was thinking particularly of the smarmy kinds of smiles. Think Kai Winn in DS9, every time she smiles condescendingly at Kira or Keiko and addresses them as "child."

It makes me want to reach into the TV and slap that smile off her face every. single. time.

 

[TrickyDickie]

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

It makes me want to reach into the TV and slap that smile off her face every. single. time.

Yes. Louise Fletcher seems rather good at playing that sort of character. Sort of the same way William Daniels seems to have specialized in playing "obnoxious and disliked" characters, at least going back to Adams in 1776. I wonder if either one has had a notable role in which they've been cast against type.

 

[UncleRogi]

True. But I was thinking particularly of the smarmy kinds of smiles. Think Kai Winn in DS9, every time she smiles condescendingly at Kira or Keiko and addresses them as "child."

It makes me want to reach into the TV and slap that smile off her face every. single. time.

Now, Kai Winn was one serious piece of work...

 

[Marynator]

Offering smiles is great! Demanding smiles from others? ... not so much.

 

[thestrangequark]

Offering smiles is great! Demanding smiles from others? ... not so much.

 

[Marynator]

(picture)

Spoiler

He got what he deserved lol

 

[Random_Spock]

Offering smiles is great! Demanding smiles from others? ... not so much.

Word. One place I worked at wanted workers to smile all the time. They weren't happy when I wasn't smiling like they wanted me too. (Thing is, not everyone is fully comfortable doing so. We're all different. I think what should matter more is the quality of the customer service than a smile. Those can be deceiving. Smarmy even at times. World's already full of enough phonies as it is.)

 

[PureCrimson]

Just like with anything, if you force it, then it comes off as a charade and pointless of its original intent.

I'd rather not smile than put up a fake one.

 

[Velocity]

My poor mother-in-law had macular degeneration and was nearly blind. She loved children and when she heard kids chattering, she would stare (sightlessly) and smile what she thought was a friendly smile. Creepiest smile I ever saw. People would be upset by her staring and freaked by the smile, poor woman. They were ok once they realized she was blind, though. She never knew about the creepy smile because really, what could we say?