Google Plus was greeting me by name.

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At some point a year or two ago, the staff at my local Giant supermarket started randomly greeting me and asking if everything was all right, if I had found everything I needed, if there was anything they could do to make my shopping experience more pleasant.

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Without greeting, he instructed me to be at the bus stop the following morning at ten.

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When I'd finally arrive at the square of the Louvre, the pickpockets would smile at me in greeting, while the flower seller pushed a nosegay of bruised violets or tiny pink roses into my hands.

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Both made low-key entrances - I'd have barely noticed the Nottingham man as he walked past me without the cheery greeting as he went to sit on a sofa.

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That struck me as a strange greeting.

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When he returned to the tent, unzipping the flap slowly so as not to wake me, I whispered a greeting.

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The thing that struck me first was her warm and sparkling grin of greeting, and words of Malayalam, her only language, the tongue of her native Kerala.

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Despite my petty beefs about him, I was glad at first to engage him, always greeting him with as big a smile and hello as he gave me.

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The greeting I received was very warm and inviting and the store owner personally helped my out with my problem and aided me in finding a colour that fit best with what I needed.

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