i always say thanks ....,and i thinks its lovely when men open doors ,and give up their seats... some women are ungrateful and arragant ,,i hope i am not like that,,,,,,,,,,EVER
Chivalry???
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KIPAX said:
Seventeen years of catching the tube everyday, soon cured me of offering my seat to a woman on the tube, if I was lucky enough to get one.
At first, being a nicely brought up little chap, I did always offer my seat to someone elderly, or a pregnant lady. The torrent of abuse I very often suffered for this act of chivalry, soon made me stop doing this.
It's good to be back in the north, were you can walk on the kerbside of a woman, open doors for people and be thanked, all in the knowledge that it is appreciated, as I myself do if someone shows me an act of kindeness.
I do agree though that friends of either gender should pay their way equally at the pub.
Good manners cost nothing.
I do find in London that people are less caring of others, they barge into you without apologising, take up all the pavement yakking so that you have to walk in the road, and often are downright rude. I have found recently that I have been offered a seat on the tube - I must look older than I'd hoped! It struck me the other day, we have bus ticket machines in Central London with a sign that says "Buy tickets before boarding". A while back it would have said "PLEASE buy tickets before boarding". Sign of the times?
i dont think its just the young ones that are manner- less,as you say pendy people barging about and not saying sorry! what about the women with prams and super market trolleys they do my shed in! they stop on the narrowest aisles and pavements to have a chin wag,making people walk into the main road or having to go down another aisle 