Gillian Sandstrom

I would go to the research lab to do my studies, but then my supervisor had an office in a different building. And so when I walked between those two buildings, I would pass on the street corner, there was a hot dog stand because I was at a university right downtown Toronto.

I would go to the research lab to do my studies, but then my supervisor had an office in a different building. And so when I walked between those two buildings, I would pass on the street corner, there was a hot dog stand because I was at a university right downtown Toronto.

And I started to develop sort of accidentally develop a relationship with a lady who worked at the hot dog stand that I would pass by and seeing her there and knowing that she recognized me, you know, we'd smile, we'd wave. I don't even know if we talked to each other, but we just had this relationship built on these little minimal. Signs.

And I started to develop sort of accidentally develop a relationship with a lady who worked at the hot dog stand that I would pass by and seeing her there and knowing that she recognized me, you know, we'd smile, we'd wave. I don't even know if we talked to each other, but we just had this relationship built on these little minimal. Signs.

And I started to develop sort of accidentally develop a relationship with a lady who worked at the hot dog stand that I would pass by and seeing her there and knowing that she recognized me, you know, we'd smile, we'd wave. I don't even know if we talked to each other, but we just had this relationship built on these little minimal. Signs.

So, on a day when I didn't see the hot dog lady, I would feel disappointed and kind of... not lonely, but sort of unmoored, you know, because I think I came to think that the hot dog lady and people like her, like the kind of we have lots of relationships like that, these little tiny relationships that maybe don't seem particularly important.

So, on a day when I didn't see the hot dog lady, I would feel disappointed and kind of... not lonely, but sort of unmoored, you know, because I think I came to think that the hot dog lady and people like her, like the kind of we have lots of relationships like that, these little tiny relationships that maybe don't seem particularly important.

So, on a day when I didn't see the hot dog lady, I would feel disappointed and kind of... not lonely, but sort of unmoored, you know, because I think I came to think that the hot dog lady and people like her, like the kind of we have lots of relationships like that, these little tiny relationships that maybe don't seem particularly important.

But I feel like they kind of you're kind of woven into the social fabric, you know, and so I felt a bit unmoored and uncentered when she was missing.

But I feel like they kind of you're kind of woven into the social fabric, you know, and so I felt a bit unmoored and uncentered when she was missing.

But I feel like they kind of you're kind of woven into the social fabric, you know, and so I felt a bit unmoored and uncentered when she was missing.

Yes. So a sociologist in the 70s named Mark Granovetter coined these kind of relationships weak ties and as opposed to strong ties, which are the ones with close friends and family. And it's tricky to come up with a definition because, you know, one of the original thoughts was there are people that we see less often.

Yes. So a sociologist in the 70s named Mark Granovetter coined these kind of relationships weak ties and as opposed to strong ties, which are the ones with close friends and family. And it's tricky to come up with a definition because, you know, one of the original thoughts was there are people that we see less often.

Yes. So a sociologist in the 70s named Mark Granovetter coined these kind of relationships weak ties and as opposed to strong ties, which are the ones with close friends and family. And it's tricky to come up with a definition because, you know, one of the original thoughts was there are people that we see less often.

But I don't think that's necessarily true because people like the hot dog lady I would see here on a very regular basis or, you know, You know, you might run into someone at the school drop-off every day.

But I don't think that's necessarily true because people like the hot dog lady I would see here on a very regular basis or, you know, You know, you might run into someone at the school drop-off every day.

But I don't think that's necessarily true because people like the hot dog lady I would see here on a very regular basis or, you know, You know, you might run into someone at the school drop-off every day.

So I don't think frequency is necessarily a factor here, but definitely close friends and family are the people that you feel the most comfortable with and you'd be most willing to sort of share your deepest, darkest secrets with.

So I don't think frequency is necessarily a factor here, but definitely close friends and family are the people that you feel the most comfortable with and you'd be most willing to sort of share your deepest, darkest secrets with.

So I don't think frequency is necessarily a factor here, but definitely close friends and family are the people that you feel the most comfortable with and you'd be most willing to sort of share your deepest, darkest secrets with.