I never had a problem in New York....or Washington, DC....Baltimore was a little hinky...but it was Baltimore....
The delis in New York and Philly are amazingly loud and friendly...boisterous and just awesome....they flirt with old ladies and make their day...everyone is a dollface or a honey......they tell off coloured jokes...
JR...you're on... let's meet. We can trade those one liner wise cracks....
I've always been the type to talk to strangers...and we'll amuse ourselves in check out lines and make jokes....I get the strangest looks...my G'D, I've spoken aloud.....such reticence....too damned polite..and it's not even polite. I'm trying to think of the word...
Flat....that's it...flat affect...