Joseph – one of several young locals who manage the place – waded out into the water to greet me.
Stories of Twitter cascades and viral news are skewed by concentrating on the tiny proportion of success stories, while audiences of mere handfuls greet millions of hopeful uploaders on to YouTube, SoundCloud and Kindle (most self-published ebooks sell fewer than 100 copies).
But while they may have the unit-shifting power that western artists can only dream about (30 million sales and counting), their literal power did not stop a man trying to saw the hands off two of the most popular members during a meet-and-greet in May earlier this year.
Chris Scott and his side know that North Melbourne, Fremantle and Hawthorn greet them in the run home, so they must get the job done against the Giants.
But they forgive these smaller issues for the bigger picture; as I greet them they are thumbing through the Wetherspoon magazine, admiring the opulence of Harrogate Wetherspoon, the Winter Gardens, housed in a former Royal Bath building.
Judging by the cries that greet the new single, King – likely to be the UK's No 1 on Sunday – more than a few people are here specifically to see them.
By the time I greet the shopkeeper he's filled a bag of bananas posing as a customer.
Stepping out of the house in the morning to greet our neighbours – wild horses on one side, donkeys on the other – with nothing but birdsong filling the air, I felt a sense of adventure you normally only get with wild camping.
During the 1984 dispute, there was at least one inspector who would meet (and greet) his brother on the picket line.
It's not safe to be out here in one of the most dangerous parts of north-eastern Nigeria, but the government has promised to send a team to investigate the kidnapping of more than 200 pupils from her school and she wants to greet them in person.
The people we slag off in the comfort of your home we will greet with genuine warmth next time we meet them.
