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Politeness makes you more polite

Submitted by mediumgeek on Fri, 29/02/2008 - 17:59.

Oh I am so ready for travelling to France now :)

I agree that playing by the rules of where you are is a good strategy but I also believe in that you should always try to be extra polite when you are a guest somewhere so this falls a bit flat when you are in a country that has in some ways ruder rules than what you are used to. I can function here in Norway because people are more polite than me. I have something to work towards. I funtioned in the States for the same reasons. But I have a hard time elsewhere... But I will definately try to work up the courage to be a bit rude next time I am in France :)

I didn't realize that people from Trondheim were that good looking. Need to find out if anyone here is from Trondheim :)... *curious*

The apologizing when you pass someone or touch someone by accident is very North American (not just Canadian). It felt very strange at first but now I miss it (from my time in the States). I really like politeness (even though I am not very polite myself).

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