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What Are Your Manners?

 

by Alena

I don't think I'm being fake when I'm polite, especially since when I don't know the person. I don't like being rude unless we've truly established a sort of friendship. 

"Good morning, Sir/ma'am(person you aren't really familiar with)" sounds better than "mornin' fuckface." 

 

by Turncoat

Sarcasm is likely to be taken too seriously as part of a first impression while politeness can help for conversations where the two aren't really talking to each other in the first place.

You still fit within what I typed, and yes, it's still extremely fake. "Mornin' fuckface" has loads more charm with the right confidence and delivery, but above all it is still far more honest. Even a "Hey there" is more believable than "Hello there sir or madam", and if the latter it better be followed promptly by something like "May I take your order?" or I will not be a fan.

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What Are Your Manners?

Record yourself doing it to a total stranger with the "right delivery". Then post it here. I'd like to see the results. :D

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What Are Your Manners?

With a complete stranger I'd not really be talking to them in the first place, I'd be interacting in a fashion where I'm trying to get something from them, like the above underlined portion suggests.

Asking for directions for instance isn't really interaction, and saying "please" as if lightly groveling is to appeal to their ego so that they'll give me what I want. It's agenda driven instead of anything about them at all.

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