Times have changed.

At the hotel I work at, there is a group of elderly people staying with us. This man in his 80s or so walks past the front desk and sends a wink at me. I thought it was so sweet and classic. His generation winks to pretty ladies and uses a wink as kind gesture, like a nod. To acknowlage you are in the room, sort of like a, "good day" greeting. A simple wink. He has probably winked to thousands of people in his lifetime unconciencly as we today say, How are you? for a greeting.



I thought of his wink to me like a nice greeting. Today in 2008, if a man in his 20s or 30s winks at a lady it is flirty and annoying. Or the lady responds with the question, "do you have something in your eye?" haha.



People in this generation don't really wink. It is mostly just the generation that the old man grew up in, such as our grandparents generation. I think it is a lost gesture. Same with the nod, is slowly passing. The nod is a good acknowlagement to someone from across a crowded room, to let them know you see them, but they are to far away to yell out, Hey there, how are you? The nod is suttle like a wink, captured in a moment.

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