Originally Posted by
PTravel
It is this attitude that I don't understand.
An intrusion is an imposition. Asking someone a favor is an intrusion. On the scale of nuisances, it is small, but what you don't seem to recognize is that it is not neutral.
Yeah! What kind of a person dares to ask the time of the day, or even say "good morning" to a stranger ? Even a smile, or looking up in an elevator is kind of intrusive. After all is not like if we lived in a society with all the relative disadvantages.