Quote Originally Posted by Eye_Gore View Post
When the cashier says "hello how are you today?" Isn't it customary to say something back, or just stand there all awkward staring at them? If I'm at the grocery and the bagger then asks "paper or plastic", do I just ignore them?
Complete anonymity does some really crazy things to the way people behave.
Add to that the inability to interact with or friend/encounter people outside their own server ever again.

There are still things FFXIV can currently do to help rectify this issue, so it's not entirely in the player's hands just yet.