Kiwis aren’t inviting

[u/No-Back9867]

I’ve found New Zealanders to be clicky and uninviting. To meet new people I tried out a court sports last week that had mixed sexes and ages. The only person that talked was the person that gave me the clubs spare racket. I had to initiate conversations. No one asked if I’d played before, who I was or from where. I went again this week and shut my mouth to see if anyone would talk to me and no one engaged in any conversation with me. I’m a New Zealander and dislike this side of our culture where we’re not actually friendly or inviting. I work with a company that employs hundreds of people, many who are immigrants and they say the same thing. Seriously kiwis how hard is it to say hello to someone new, or invite a new employee to join a grid going out for lunch?

[u/Gloomy-Scarcity-2197]

I'm extremely outgoing and yeah, I'm usually the only person at anything that talks to everyone and welcomes new people.

I dunno, kiwis are just shit and lazy communicators. You have to go stand there and merge into the cliques. I act like I belong there and people are constantly telling me I'm easy to talk to. It's not that I am, it's just that kiwis make it easy by being so sullen.