(What's So Funny 'Bout) Please, Thank You and Understatement
Jan 3, 2019, 4:08 am
#32
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Maybe they mishear you? 
Here, please and thanks are commonly used probably more often than in the UK....I even get a kiss on the cheek off the plumber when he arrives to fix the ballcock. However they do lack manners in other areas compared to the Brits...on the roads for example.
Here, please and thanks are commonly used probably more often than in the UK....I even get a kiss on the cheek off the plumber when he arrives to fix the ballcock. However they do lack manners in other areas compared to the Brits...on the roads for example.
Jan 3, 2019, 4:24 am
#33
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My advice would be :
1. Tell him it’s all over
2. Look for another plumber
Jan 3, 2019, 7:36 am
#35
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Jan 3, 2019, 7:54 am
#36
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Now I can understand why you never actually fly anywhere .......
Jan 3, 2019, 8:42 am
#37
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Jan 7, 2019, 7:08 am
#40
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I have not yet had the pleasure of the CCR.
Whether it’s a lounge or elsewhere, I always say “thank you”.
However, I don’t always (but often do) use the word “please”, as I find modal forms such as “could I have x?” to be suitably polite.
Whether it’s a lounge or elsewhere, I always say “thank you”.
However, I don’t always (but often do) use the word “please”, as I find modal forms such as “could I have x?” to be suitably polite.
Jan 7, 2019, 8:22 am
#41
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