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    Pink Grin thank you, kind sir

    I think good manners are important. Please and thank you. Excuse me and sorry.

    Are manners important to you? Are you polite?

    I'm the kind of person who apologises when people bump into me.

    I wouldn't dream of going into someone's home without asking if I should take my shoes off or not.

    I always hold the door open for people... Even if they're still quite far away, so I'm just stood there holding the door for them for like 10-15 seconds.

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    Good manners are very important. I wish that more people said "please", "thank you", "I'm sorry", and were mindful of the concept of timeliness.

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    I am super polite irl

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    I am stupidly polite to the point where people walk over me.

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    manners are very important! always say please and thank you! also holding doors for people or letting them cross the street is a must!

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    I am polite. Even when on the phone and I have someone shouting abuse at me, I stay polite. It's the way I was raised. Doesn't hurt me any.

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    I think manners and being polite are important. But I think being polite to a fault is a really common problem. It's something I've tried to work on. I had a conversation similar to this with a homeless guy the other day, actually. He said he considers apologizing when you don't mean it to be more offensive than being unapologetic.


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    Of course

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    I'll hold the door so ladies can walk through. I let women get on the bus before I do. I always say excuse me when passing someone on the sidewalk. I guess I'm pretty polite.

    My cousin's daughter, Swee' Pea (probably the cutest living thing ever, or one of them), always says Thank you, but she does it in her tiny little voice. She even says it when she should say "You're welcome."

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    Try to be a gentleman.

    I always hold doors open, I tend to say please and thank you often. I can be rude on occasions, but I tend to act this way towards people I know.

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    Most of the time I am super polite. I'm all please and thank yous and yes ma'am yes sir. Especially if someone is doing a service for me.

    Unless I'm being a Marine. And then I am courteous to my seniors and tolerant of my juniors. Because grrr.

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    I say rarely remember to say please these days but I usually remember thanks, and I find it hard to say sorry for big things but drop it everywhere for small things. I hold the door open if I think it wouldnt close in the time it takes the person to get to the door or if their hands are full. Otherwise it makes people feel obligated to rush.

    If im trying to get through a door at the same time in the same direction as someone else I let them in first. If I am trying to get through a doorway at the same time then who ever is going in goes second and whoever coming out goes first

    I give the courtesy wave when someone lets me into a lane while driving even if the lane was wide open
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    I'm very polite. I make sure to take my shoes off before I curb stomp people. It's less effective, but they appreciate it

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    Oh you better believe I was raised to be polite. Most things my parents either didn't care about or made half-assed efforts to change, but manners? Hooo boy if I wasn't the very model of manners, it meant serious trouble. The only thing they cared about more than manners was lying, but in that instance I just got better at lying rather than becoming more honest.

    Fortunately good manners are a good thing to have for a variety of reasons.

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    I probably should be more polite. I'm always polite to people until I encounter evidence that they don't deserve it though.

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