# delivering wrongly addressed smiles yet expecting positive responses to well practiced happy deliveries creepy rando delivered some shopping today but then also laid this at one's door they said well hello how are you today having a chill one having a chill one what are we on a tv playstate show cool silent unimpressed and non committal researchers initially left them hanging with no reply instead staring at them as though over a poker table one still felt awkward however as though being forced to reply and in fact wanted to reply er yeah until now the lousy job's hard enough with staring at miserable old git faces all day particular those who report you when their delivery's thirty seconds late upper middle management have also probably sent round the memo reminding all employees to approach modem delivery services with a positive professional attitude and happy demeanor yet something about the guy's delivery made one's wps well practiced sincerity detector go off almost as though they were taking the mick or trying it on consider positive / bubbly people often irritating and creepy as they too seem to expect if not flatly demand automatic reciprocation for performatively happy feelings and oh so positive vibes the ideology within such a view however is that by not automatically delivering a smile back one is somehow a poor researcher yet it's a playstate one often never agreed to play being quote blank and non committal without clear emotion is not a crime and is no less valid than an equally happy smile allowing smilers particularly those unceasingly larping happiness with expressive pseudo spontaneity to constantly get away with idiot grinning all day is a philosophical crime in the republic punishable by clown costumes such is the reciprocity bias and how smilers often leverage it the tendency to feel obligated to return favors or gifts even if unsolicited is a social norm deeply ingrained in behavior the synthetic desire to reciprocate is so strong that it often leads to decisions not in one's best interest decisions such as smiling back at the brainless and fake of arts with their atom thin painted on grins behind which is neither style nor substance merely a passive aggressive narcissism the smile is really all just about them mr cole they're aren't actually full of the joys of early summer they aren't genuinely asking if others are having a nice day so much as merely forcing others to admit such plastic happy joy joy is someone inherently valid a violetly sincere vacuous inane and uncomprehending delighted elation / gleeful prosperity / wellbeing and beatitude / good cheer / exuberant geniality / common joviality / mirthful vivacity a simple and polite single word often suffices thanks just say afternoon and leave it at that // [[republic of bob contents | imaginary pastime republic of bob]]