What kind of social event? If a stranger in a London pub did this, there's no way I'd want to talk to them no matter what they looked/sounded like. And I'm not good at new people anyway, so I'm much more likely to talk to existing friends.
I don't think the behaviour you describe is necessarily cliquey - people should have the right not to talk to random strangers if they don't want to. Or indeed, not to talk to anyone if they do't want to.
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Date: 2003-09-01 01:36 pm (UTC)I don't think the behaviour you describe is necessarily cliquey - people should have the right not to talk to random strangers if they don't want to. Or indeed, not to talk to anyone if they do't want to.