How big is your "Personal Space"?

[aln]

Depends who they are and how I judge the legitimacy of their reason for getting so close.

• If you're packed up in an elevator or a train, I'd suck it up and budge over.
• Stand in the urinal next to me when all the rest are empty and I'm going to think you're weirdo and feel slightly uncomfortable with your choice.
• People who park between two cars, when the majority of the car park is empty, puzzles me.

All depends on context. Touching etiquette is much more complicated. My sister force hugs me near everytime she sees me and I hate it. If in doubt, don't ******* touch me.

 

[Angilion]

Ideally, my personal space would extend to the boundaries of my own private island.

In practice, about an arm's length. I'll tolerate closer, but I prefer not to.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Depends on whether they smell bad or not.

 

[Cosimo]

Depends on the person and situation....

 

[Robosapien]

Doesn't matter. It's all psychological trickery. My body is not my own - the government controls what I put in my mouth and into my digestion system, be it drugs or horsemeat. Freedom is an illusion. Being perfectly isolated does not make you complete, it makes you less complete. Be at one with the universe my friend, be at one.

Currently I am undergoing a transformation whereby I am trying to reduce my psychological and physiological dependence on shelter of any kind. Eventually I hope to become totally immune to temperature fluctuations and pain, by blurring the lines between the essence of what is 'me' (identity is nonsense) and the perceived 'outside'.

Although if you think you can just come and squat in my room for 24 hrs a day and steal my internet because you can't afford it, you're wrong, you can just GTFO you smelly fatso!

 

[Efour]

Breath smelling distance.

 

[Freakbro]

Personal space expands and contracts depending on the situation.

Take these scenarios :-

A) You walk in to the cinema, there are only 2 spaces left in the middle of an aisle so you and your partner squeeze through and sit next to a stranger - no-one has an issue.

B) You walk in to the cinema, it is completely empty except for 2 people sat in the middle of an isle, you then walk down the aisle and sit next to them. This would be taken as an invasion of personal space.


I cite this example as I conducted scenario B once as an experiment to see how the person would react....they were very uncomfortable! heh, but then so was my g/f when she realised what I was doing, it's funny how uncomfortable people get when you break unwritten social conformities

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Breath smelling distance.

 

[yer_averagejoe]

First, take the average space between people in the surrounding vicinity and call it x.

Next, take the space between you and the potential weirdo and call it y.

Now the amount of weirdness is measured by the formula w = x/y, where w==1 is normal.

 

[SoSolid]

I need a lot of personal space.

 

[elmarko]

Smaller after my diet.

 

[Hyburnate]

Too much?

 

[davido_labido]

i dont have any. you can all sit on my lap for all i care.... no... really.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Not a great fan of shopping crowds TBH. People walking in different directions, people on their phones, buggys etc.. I'm fine with football crowds as people tend to be walking in the same direction, with the same interest and there's a buzz in the air.

At home, my wife's a child minder so personal space is invaded which isn't too much of a problem as I'm at work.. but I was off with flu earlier this year so was a bit of a nightmare..

 

[Xordium]

I'd say a good 10 miles in all directions.

 

[Hyburnate]

Not a great fan of shopping crowds TBH. People walking in different directions, people on their phones, buggys etc.. I'm fine with football crowds as people tend to be walking in the same direction, with the same interest and there's a buzz in the air.

At home, my wife's a child minder so personal space is invaded which isn't too much of a problem as I'm at work.. but I was off with flu earlier this year so was a bit of a nightmare..

You forgot to state that they like to try to take out your kneecaps with them >.>...

 

[LiE]

As soon as someone comes within arms reach I'm in boxing stance.

 

[Devrij]

I commute on the train. I have no personal space. I'll straight-up hug a mother-fo so he can squeeze into the train without being pushed out into the closing doors.

 

[tom_e]

Day to day for strangers within arms reach is more than close enough, if I'm working as security and it's some drunk tit then outside arms reach, if it's my normal office job then not fussed.
If it's people I know then come on in for a hug!

 

[DaleTheWhale]

How longs a piece of string?

Depending on the situation, not too close, but not awkwardly far away.