I know exactly how you feel. There's a clerk at one of the local stores who never smiles and never replies to anything you say to him. Now I could easily have interpreted his behaviour as rude or anti social, however, after a three or four encounters I finally got the guy to smile. His life must be hell.
I'm not a religious guy but I believe there's a verse that goes something like this, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
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"The gift of liberty is like that of a horse, handsome, strong, and high-spirited. In some it arouses a wish to ride; in many others, on the contrary, it increases the desire to walk."
-- Massimo d'Azeglio
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