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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aesmael" data-source="post: 2541260" data-attributes="member: 22503">I am pleased to say that I still see a fair amount of courtesy and politeness in my life, and I try to do my bit to spread this by example. Both when I was in school and now using the 'adult' public transport system it is usual to hear people thanking the bus driver at the end of their journey. Although I don't remember if I have ever had cause to give up my seat to someone else, I do make a point of letting people who I know have been waiting longer get on first and I am happy to help anyone in need of directions (unfortunately I once misdirected someone by mistake - couldn't find them again to fix it though).At university it is usual for people to hold doors for one another, of either sex, and they are almost guarranteed a thank you for the effort and people don't seem to have any problem asking a stranger for help if they need, for example, directions or to change some money. I have experienced this on both ends several times and the exchange has always been polite even if people don't get what they were after.I study astronomy there and the observatory is located in an out of the way part of my campus which sees little traffic. We also have a bus service to carry students distances it would be impractical to expect them to walk. Because the observatory is so out of the way the bus generally does not run past the late afternoon, yet the driver (Jim) was kind enough to give me his mobile number in case I needed him to swing by one last time. Only needed to put him out like that once, thankfully <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> When I am crossing the road and people stop for me I make a point of giving them a nod of acknowledgement. At least once it was returned, which made my day because now I know it is not a wasted effort. The other day I was feeling a bit down and was walking to uni pretty much withdrawn into myself (walking on automatic, y'know?) when a complete stranger on his way out bid me good afternoon. Really perked me up, that did. Of course I returned the gesture when I realised what had happened.Of course I realise that there are jerks out there, but apparently I have been fortunate enough to have had essentially no contact with them. Even in the neighbourhood with the bad reputation people seemed more amused than moved to abuse or violence with the guy twirling his umbrella in the wind and singing songs from The Sound of Music (admittedly it was under my breath, but hey, I'd just come from seeing my girlfriend. It is allowed).For anyone who hasn't seen it, I heartily recommend the movie Harvey. One of my very favourites.</blockquote>

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