I hate to talk about bitcoin outside bitcoin-related forums, they always talk/think bad about bitcoin, they even think every bitcoiner is terrorist or criminal
Or they interested in bitcoin, but they often share their refferal links to HYIP, ponzi cloud mining, cloud mining, gambling sites & faucet without tell them details about it. So, many people got scammed because those people
Also, many people who worked at PTC, MLM, HYIP, money games, captcha & others interested in bitcoin & left their old jobs
I know what you mean. Talking in public, like in a cafe, with a few friends of mine about Bitcoin, and some others in the cafe hear what I'm talking about I feel their looks.
This shows me that people have heard about Bitcoin. But sadly only the negative things published by media. But everybody I explain and show to how Bitcoin works is really fascinated.However most of them still fear to own a few bits.
Bigger Adoption will take a long long time.But I am patient.