Rant On the train...

I'm sorry to agree with this one, but I do. The more muscular sex seems to be considerably better at saying thanks for little polite actions than the fairer ones does, when out. From a guy's perspective at least.

 

You can't stand at the back of a traditional bus, they're raised slightly, and don't usually have poles you can hold on too. The front is usually a wide open area and devoid of seats for this exact purpose (and wheelchairs).

 

Only example I can think of was when I was about 8 and shopping with my mum in Sainsburys or somewhere, and I was analysing the sweet section (as you do at that age) whilst there was an old man next to me, around 70. He dropped some sweets on the the floor in an almost blatant manner and I, being the well brought-up variant of child, picked them up for him only for him to smile and say "I did that to see if you'd pick them up or not". Basking in this moment of social interaction in which an older (and thus inevitably superior) being approved of my manners, I felt quite pleased with myself. 2 minutes later I realised "what a cheeky ******! coulda least given me a Werther or something for my troubles".

 

That's just weird.

 

He should've just punched her square in the face if she wants equality so bad.

I hate the fact that general politeness and courtesy is in such rapid decline.
I'm not going to stop doing nice things though.
Wasn't it Mahatma Gandhi who said we should be the change we want to see in the world?

 

Ah but hex, part of the joy having weird hair is you dont get weirdos sitting next to you on the bus at rush hour.. or anyone

 

From my experience of having weird hair, (especially when it was pink) the only people that sat next to me on the bus were weirdos. It's almost as if my hair had a fricking batman symbol in it....



now there's an idea...

 

Try wearing a kilt around town sometime if you want weird looks. One of my favorite activities in the summer

 

If I was the guy I literally would've blown up and said something along the lines of "WTF IS YOUR PROBLEM B****, IM OPENING THE DAMNED DOOR FOR YOU, JUST TO BE POLITE, THATS ALL HAVE A PROBLEM? GO TO HELL"

 

Try wearing a full prince Charlie at 0700 waiting on your bus home after a heavy night, that gets some funny looks especially in the winter, chilly nuts.

 

bus and train weirdos the worst, turn you ipod up real loud and they usually avoid sitting beside ya

 

That's actually not abnormal where I am. Not common, but not particularly unusual and certainly not a "WTF?" moment. Getting into full formal for walking about town would be a bit weird.

 

Ah, but then that brings back the problem with old ladies.

I was on the bus one morning sitting at the back with my friends, a guy was sitting a few seats in front of us listening to his ipod with his eyes closed, some dance crap I think but we could barely hear it. Some old woman comes storming down from the front of the bus (old bus so lots of seats and no wheelchair bit) and starts hurling abuse at the guy saying 'Turn that off', 'who do you think you are?', 'There are other people on the bus, that music is too loud!', etc. The guy didn't flinch, prob because he was asleep or just plain didn't care, which caused her to go into 'How dare you ignore me! I know you can here me!' Then she huffed off back to the front of the bus again.

My friends and I all looked at each other, and some people from the middle of the bus looked back at us as if to say 'wtf? we can't hear anything' I though your hearing was meant to get worse with age, not become sharp as a bats. She was batty if you ask me!

End of the journey, the guy opened his eyes and walked off the bus as if nothing happened. Ignorance is bliss sometimes.

 

The old lady was crazy, but the guy with the Ipod was a bigger tosser, imo. Hate people on public transport who play their music too loud for their heads or earphones so that everyone has to listen. So antisocial. Makes me want to stamp on their faces....

 

My Granny sometimes thinks people are yelling at her because of her hearing aid. You can usually tell because she goes all teary eyed after someone asks her if she'd like a drink (or some other equally as innocent question/comment).

 

Ahem - yes, I am a female.

I'm the first to admit.. I'm disgustingly polite. I can't help it. My mother beat manners into my brothers and I. I always hold the door open if there's someone behind me or I'll let someone else come through first. I say please and thank you to shop assistants and always make note to remember the coffee mans name.

Guys will often hold the door open or let me on the bus first (not that I could care less if they didn't) and I always smile and say thank you.

I work in retail, and men are more polite than women. Men will almost always acknowledge you and they put things back where and how they found them. Women ignore you, and just leave things laying around. I'm aware that's a fairly broad generalisation and that it's not ALWAYS the case.

Don't lose hope, there are some of us out there that do appreciate the courtesy.

 

I know the feeling, but in that instance the guy was listening to the music at a reasonable volume, I could hardly hear it.
The noise from the engine and us talking at the back of the bus was louder than his music.

 

I have to admit i have noticed that here in the UK, i work in the most 'upper class' supermarket (Not M&S) in the UK, and our customers expect nothing less than perfection, and i find it is generaly men who thank and are generally more polite than women, im not saying women are un-polite, but they always seem to be in a hurry, and either just ignore the fact im still standing there, or just don't bother at all, having said that, customers nearly always say please, which is some consolation i suppose.

Sam

 

I notice that if a woman finds you (attractive) cute or charming or sometimes even tough/intimidating they tend to be nice & smile & suck up but if the woman gets the sense that she's being desired by someone that's shy/nervous or that she's being found repulsive then she'll ignore him/walk all over him/treat him like crap.

So to sum up, arouse a woman and she'll be your princess - fail to arouse her and wear her wrath.

They are quite feirce beasts behind the disguises they wear, ever wondered what they are trying to hide with all that make up? Now you know.

 

I do the same only that I say "Your welcome". Why are people so unthankfull(I hope thats a word) nowadays.

True story: Like 2-3 years back I come out of a club in the morning with some friends and I see some dude holding this girl by the hair and dragging her around. I flip and go over and say he should stop only to get the answer "None of your f...ing business". So I call for the bouncers and give him a good punch(I know violence is bad). The girl gets free and the guy sacked by the bouncers.
I then go over to the girl and ask her if she is alright. She screams at my and says "Thanks now i can never talk to him again"

WTF? She gets rescued from abuse and hates me for it. Whats wrong with people?