Manners on the bus...
Sep 1, 2018, 7:56 am
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As it happens I have seen plenty of rude, pompous, overly-entitled people old enough to know better, and indeed lots of young people being brought-up to be respectful and polite.
Sep 1, 2018, 8:31 am
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Fully agree that manners have nothing to do with age or generation. I've seen rude and polite people from every possible age and cohort. Nothing to do with nationality or gender or ethnicity or income or even education (in a degree sense) either. ^
Sep 1, 2018, 11:36 am
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Sep 1, 2018, 12:06 pm
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Sep 1, 2018, 12:36 pm
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Who is to say that we should impose our value system over theirs? They have every right to not thank someone for holding a door open for them, if they didn't ask for it. It may be impolite, we might not like it, but tough!
Think of it from their point of view - maybe they have a hangover, maybe they are not feeling well, maybe they are having one of those days they just want to isolate themselves and wear dark glasses...
Think of it from their point of view - maybe they have a hangover, maybe they are not feeling well, maybe they are having one of those days they just want to isolate themselves and wear dark glasses...
Sep 1, 2018, 1:27 pm
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In the good old days opportunity to travel wasnt as available as it is now. You couldnt jump on a train and be across the uk / eu within hours. if you wanted to fly to australia it took days and you stopped on a few occasions. that is if you could afford to travel these days its only a few hundred pounds. Whilst this is great fr society and business and people in all countries. It can show cultural issues very clearly and people dont always feel the need to behave at their best behaviour when you know you wont see that person around you again.