Legitimacy judgments temper but do not override stranger-interaction decisions

Evidence

A determination that any given encounter would not be legitimate does not necessarily lead to a negative decision. If it did, strangers would rarely talk to one another. Such a determination is simply thrown into the hopper and weighed against desirability and appropriateness. Under situations where encounters are defined as legitimate, however, such a definition may be the determining factor. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1002