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Title: Common Courtesy II
Post by: waspy on 25 January 2010, 12:21:57
I went to the Post Office to post a letter. I was just about to walk in when a old lady was coming towards me & so i held the door open for her, she smiled & said thank you. A few feet behind her was another women (late fifties) & so i waited with the door ajar for her too.
She walked straight through & didn't even acknowledge my pressence let alone say thank you. So i said in a loud vioce in her ear "thank you", but she just kept walking. Either she was deaf, dumb & blind or just plain ignorant, the latter i presume >:( >:(
The next time i'll say "ignorant bitch" & see if that gets a response ;D

Why this really winds me up i don't know, but it does :-/
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Lazydocker on 25 January 2010, 12:27:54
I find saying "You're welcome" in a very loud voice normally works well :y :y

Quite often get a "Pardon?" to which I resply, "Oh, I thought you said Thank you!" ::) ::) ;D ;D

Followed by a very sheepish retreat by the offending party ;D ;D
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: jonnycool on 25 January 2010, 12:32:03
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I went to the Post Office to post a letter. I was just about to walk in when a old lady was coming towards me & so i held the door open for her, she smiled & said thank you. A few feet behind her was another women (late fifties) & so i waited with the door ajar for her too.
She walked straight through & didn't even acknowledge my pressence let alone say thank you. So i said in a loud vioce in her ear "thank you", but she just kept walking. Either she was deaf, dumb & blind or just plain ignorant, the latter i presume >:( >:(
The next time i'll say "ignorant bitch" & see if that gets a response ;D

Why this really winds me up i don't know, but it does :-/
Exactly the kind of thing I hate.
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Weds on 25 January 2010, 13:04:03
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I find saying "You're welcome" in a very loud voice normally works well :y :y

Quite often get a "Pardon?" to which I resply, "Oh, I thought you said Thank you!" ::) ::) ;D ;D

Followed by a very sheepish retreat by the offending party ;D ;D


I do exactly the same thing....
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Ian_D on 25 January 2010, 14:10:43
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I went to the Post Office to post a letter. I was just about to walk in when a old lady was coming towards me & so i held the door open for her, she smiled & said thank you. A few feet behind her was another women (late fifties) & so I waited with the door ajar for her too.
She walked straight through & didn't even acknowledge my pressence let alone say thank you. So i said in a loud vioce in her ear "thank you", but she just kept walking. Either she was deaf, dumb & blind or just plain ignorant, the latter i presume >:( >:(
The next time i'll say "ignorant bitch" & see if that gets a response ;D

Why this really winds me up i don't know, but it does :-/

I wasn’t in the best of moods (which isn't like me!) rushing around on my college break a couple of years back. I can’t remember what I / She had done, but I remember calling her an ignorant cow! And her looking quite shocked! (Still never said ‘thanks’ or anything). Remember one of my mates commenting on how rude she was too  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Debs. on 25 January 2010, 16:22:34
That`s the misnomer about 'common courtesy': it`s not at all common! :'(

I always appreciate and value courtesy: but sadly, graciousness (both in the giving and the receiving) is rapidly becoming a 'lost art'.:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Tony H on 25 January 2010, 16:25:10
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I find saying "You're welcome" in a very loud voice normally works well :y :y

Quite often get a "Pardon?" to which I resply, "Oh, I thought you said Thank you!" ::) ::) ;D ;D

Followed by a very sheepish retreat by the offending party ;D ;D





Snap  :y
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Richie London on 25 January 2010, 16:31:53
if i feel someone isnt going to say thanks i just let the door go.  :)
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Pitchfork on 25 January 2010, 19:30:42
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I find saying "You're welcome" in a very loud voice normally works well :y :y

Quite often get a "Pardon?" to which I resply, "Oh, I thought you said Thank you!" ::) ::) ;D ;D

Followed by a very sheepish retreat by the offending party ;D ;D
It would only happen in Wales
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: sexydaz on 25 January 2010, 19:40:38
the most basic manners these days are few and far between,there going down the pan like england
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Debs. on 25 January 2010, 19:42:06
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Followed by a very sheepish retreat ........

A place for contemplative ovisapilliacs. ;D
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Pitchfork on 25 January 2010, 19:45:25
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Followed by a very sheepish retreat ........

A place for contemplative ovisapilliacs. ;D
Excellent
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Del Boy on 25 January 2010, 20:15:02
Get that here a lot too! I hate it am constantly doing what you did. It's not hard to say thanks cheers or whatever  >:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Richie London on 25 January 2010, 20:22:25
car drivers who dont say thanks really p me off.  or the ones that just cut you up and then say thanks.  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: PhilRich on 25 January 2010, 21:06:01
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I went to the Post Office to post a letter. I was just about to walk in when a old lady was coming towards me & so i held the door open for her, she smiled & said thank you. A few feet behind her was another women (late fifties) & so i waited with the door ajar for her too.
She walked straight through & didn't even acknowledge my pressence let alone say thank you. So i said in a loud vioce in her ear "thank you", but she just kept walking. Either she was deaf, dumb & blind or just plain ignorant, the latter i presume >:( >:(
The next time i'll say "ignorant bitch" & see if that gets a response ;D

Why this really winds me up i don't know, but it does :-/


Because it is bloody bad manners & pig ignorance! You are perfectly correct to get wound up >:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: jereboam on 25 January 2010, 21:19:24
Zebra crossings.  I always say thank you, or nod my head, or acknowledge in some way that a driver has stopped to let me cross. 

Don't think there is anyone in the country under the age of 50 who is even aware of this minor common courtesy.   >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: jonnycool on 25 January 2010, 21:26:46
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Zebra crossings.  I always say thank you, or nod my head, or acknowledge in some way that a driver has stopped to let me cross. 

Don't think there is anyone in the country under the age of 50 who is even aware of this minor common courtesy.   >:( >:( >:(
So do I usually, or give the bird if they don't  ;D
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Martin_1962 on 25 January 2010, 22:44:41
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Zebra crossings.  I always say thank you, or nod my head, or acknowledge in some way that a driver has stopped to let me cross. 

Don't think there is anyone in the country under the age of 50 who is even aware of this minor common courtesy.   >:( >:( >:(


OI I do and so do my children
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: waspy on 25 January 2010, 22:48:11
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Zebra crossings.  I always say thank you, or nod my head, or acknowledge in some way that a driver has stopped to let me cross. 

Don't think there is anyone in the country under the age of 50 who is even aware of this minor common courtesy.   >:( >:( >:(


OI I do and so do my children

The OP is 43 & i have common courtesy :y :y
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: ali on 25 January 2010, 23:23:10
If I hold a door for someone and they do not say thanks then as they walk away I say " I think you've dropped something" I carry on as they stand around checking pockets and looking around the floor  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 25 January 2010, 23:40:12
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If I hold a door for someone and they do not say thanks then as they walk away I say " I think you've dropped something" I carry on as they stand around checking pockets and looking around the floor  ;D ;D



 ;D ;D ;D splendid  ;D ;D ;D 8-) :y
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Amigo on 25 January 2010, 23:50:15
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If I hold a door for someone and they do not say thanks then as they walk away I say " I think you've dropped something" I carry on as they stand around checking pockets and looking around the floor  ;D ;D
I like that one & will try it. I've found exactly the same thing. You hold the shop door open only to be ignored. I shout "Thankyou" if no responce.
     Seems some of us were brought up prpoerly. ::)


 ;D ;D ;D splendid  ;D ;D ;D 8-) :y
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Amigo on 25 January 2010, 23:51:32
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If I hold a door for someone and they do not say thanks then as they walk away I say " I think you've dropped something" I carry on as they stand around checking pockets and looking around the floor  ;D ;D
I like that one & will try it. I've found exactly the same thing. You hold the shop door open only to be ignored. I shout "Thankyou" if no responce.
     Seems some of us were brought up prpoerly. ::)


 ;D ;D ;D splendid  ;D ;D ;D 8-) :y
& were brought up to spell porpeollpy!!!!!! ::)
Title: Re: Common Courtesy II
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 26 January 2010, 09:21:42
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If I hold a door for someone and they do not say thanks then as they walk away I say " I think you've dropped something" I carry on as they stand around checking pockets and looking around the floor  ;D ;D
I like that one & will try it. I've found exactly the same thing. You hold the shop door open only to be ignored. I shout "Thankyou" if no responce.
     Seems some of us were brought up prpoerly. ::)


 ;D ;D ;D splendid  ;D ;D ;D 8-) :y
& were brought up to spell porpeollpy!!!!!! ::)


 ;D ;D ;D very good G  ;D :y