Avoid Big Crowds?

[PeterJ]

When you go out do you hate to be around big crowds? do you try to avoid them?

[tt1106]

AFter 20 years in Law Enforcement, I don't like to be in crowds. My wife says it is very distracting to see me making eye contact with everybody we walk by.

[Slug1]

AFter 20 years in Law Enforcement, I don't like to be in crowds. My wife says it is very distracting to see me making eye contact with everybody we walk by.

That's exactly why I said sometimes... my experience was military for 21 years.

[tango]

I try to, but in London it's difficult. When I go away I like to find wide open spaces where I can see for miles and there aren't thousands of people crowded around me.

There are times I despair of a population that rarely wants to stray more than 100 yards from a car park, but when I'm getting away from it all it's nice that the crowds don't follow me.

[lbeaty1981]

I'm a pretty introverted person, so I try to stay away from big crowds as much as possible. I would much rather either be alone or with a small group of people (no more than 5 or 6).

[Izdaari]

I don't much like big crowds, but I don't have a particular problem with it. But I do get a phobic reaction from too many people packed into a relatively small space. A small space alone won't do it, but if it's very crowded, it will. In that situation, I may panic and have to leave. That happened to me once at a memorial service for the daughter of a dear friend. It was held in the back room of a small restaurant, and it was packed like sardines. I stayed only long enough to pay my respects, and then bolted for the door.

[trodder]

If at all possible I avoid crowds mainly because I don't want to deal with the petty rudeness of people today.
By the same token I don't just sit home and watch paint dry either.

[Lefty]

Only when they're all looking at me. Standing up to talk is unnerving, so is walking along in the mall alone on one side with a big bunch walking in the oncoming side. I'm an introvert. You don't want to invite me to talk.

[MercyChild]

I love being around crowds. There is always so much diffrent people with diffrent styles, and I find this amusing!