Quote Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon View Post
You offer a tissue (and forshame if you haven't a tissue) and you say something like this:

"Is there something I can do to help you?"

They'll take it from there. Source: People come in to the office I work in crying a lot.
Yeah, this. Sometimes when I am upset I want to be left alone, but other times having someone ask if you are okay is really quite inspiring and comforting. I don't like seeing people upset. If I don't want to directly engage them, I will generally whisper something nice in their direction as I leave/walk past so they get all the perks of someone saying something nice without the whole "someone is trying to talk to me" thing.