Hallway Question

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I didn't know where to put this, so I thought here might be a good idea, as it vaguely has to do with understanding NT behavior, and coping with life.

So, there's this long hallway in my workplace, I mean REALLY long. All the time I see people I know in this hallway approaching me from the other direction, but because it is so long, we see each other for a really looooong time before we actually are close enough to hear each other.

So, my question is: In this situation, what do you do? Do you wave early? Do you wait till you get closer? I think I notice a lot of people pretending to look at something else, and just looking up at the last minute to say in a surprised way "Oh, hello!" Are they actually not noticing me??? It's a giant long EMPTY hallway! They must feel awkward or something and are acting.

Anyway, I've started to become obsessed with this, as it's kind of entertaining albeit not super important. What would you do?

I think about that all the time, too, because the same situation often happens at my work. It's sooooo awkward and I hate it. I see the same kind of behavior at my work as what you described. People initially look away and then eventually see and greet you when they are near enough. It's worse when I happen to see the same person walking in my direction again within a short period of time. Should I greet again?

That's why I try not to be on greeting terms with people that I don't need to. If you don't need to greet, there's no awkwardness.

Thats why I always look down and get myself an uninterested look when I walk down hallways

I remember a highschool social studies class in which we all got into a discussion about that. We all ended up laughing at ourselves comparing notes about the complexities of walking past people you know in the long aisles of the highschool:how you have to look at the wall, and then time it JUST RIGHT so your eyes return forward to meet the other person's glance at just the right moment-so you can greet them-and can pretend that you only just then noticed them-and not half a minute-and 10 yards-before that- and all of that.