Personal Zones
 

Hi All,

Has anyone had any experiences regarding Australian personal zones ? I mean say people moving from a highly denise population to a lowly dense population ?

Its to do with how people react when someone enters their 'personal' zone which can vary depending on the size and openess of a country. So if you lived in say London and get the tube every morning you would be used to poeple standing fairly close to you whereas in lesser crowed places poeple would be used to people not stading as close to them and thus react differently.

Just wondered if anyone had noticed that in Oz people generally retain their distances from each other (which shouldnt be interpreted as a personal thing but a cultural one)

Anyway thought it might be an interesting thread to see how people have adopted to change.

Cheers

C

Re: Personal Zones
 

It's not something I noticed when I lived there, pretty similar to the UK (I'm from London). I'm sure others have other experiences. :)

Re: Personal Zones
 

hi,

I find people generally quite tactile and stand close when talking to you. Big on handshakes and I think less inhibited by you entering their personal space........just my opinion though!

Phil x

Re: Personal Zones
 

Are you a "frotter" by any chance?

http://www.jackwasey.com/frotting/

http://www.jackwasey.com/frotting/frotting.jpg

Re: Personal Zones
 

LOL...not sommit ive ever considered