I find this true myself. People in smaller communites are a lot quieter and much more helpful than many city dwellers. It is a ptiy but so many areas of so many cities have become very threatening in nature and people just don't trust each other.Bubbles wrote:Too true Saint, about a year ago my mum in law fell outside in town (Newport) and you'd not believe how kind folk were. The people in the post office sat her down, someone from a cafe brought her a cuppa, the local bobby was all concern, and someone even offered to bring their car into the centre of town to take her home. So sweet. Not all Brits are thugs, honest.
Yeah, cos I made another thread to ask what I should do with it.Saint wrote:Hey Kimi, you didn't tell us you sprained your ankle when you fell. Hope it's not too painful
It didn't come as so much of a shock here as in HK no one even holds lift doors open and will often push past you to get in before the door closes. Here it was a pleasant surprise that people here actually hold the lift door open for you (not normal doors...that is another story).Wild Rover wrote: As for the "common courtesy" thread, I'm getting more disillusioned the longer I'm staying here, and that's just a few months. The number of times I hold open lift doors for example in the condo to allow people to get in, without even a nod, smile or a thank you completely baffles me.
And OK us Brits are always ridiculed for our queuing etiquette, but there is a serious lack of that here, and as for driving behaviour, well I won't go there, it can be equally as bad or even worse in some European cities (eg Rome, Naples) etc.
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