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Miss Manners: A fellow diner wouldn't let me take the chair her purse was on

Refusing to share an available chair for a purse while someone stands is rude; politely requesting a needed seat is appropriate social behavior.

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6 months ago

People have forgotten common courtesy': what do people think of playing music out loud on public transport?

Particularly since the pandemic, lots of people seem to have forgotten how to behave with common courtesy in public. I've started pulling people up on this kind of behaviour and it's really satisfying, to be honest. However, I think the other issue is a structural one: our public services, particularly transport (outside of London, anyway) are massively degraded. Asking people to respect public spaces, if it's going to work, needs to be a two-way street:

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Miss Manners: A fellow diner wouldn't let me take the chair her purse was on

People have forgotten common courtesy': what do people think of playing music out loud on public transport?

#public-courtesy
#public-courtesy