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Old 10-18-2006, 10:55 AM   #9 (permalink)
snowy
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Originally Posted by match000
Yeah these days people are not very nice. Even when I lend a helping hand (something small), sometimes people do not show any appreciation at all.

I don't think this would happen in Canada.
Actually, there have been places in Canada where I have done things, like held doors open for people, and been widely ignored.

I think it's more that people are just completely oblivious to anything outside of themselves anymore, so they don't notice when people are being polite, or they have a hard time believing that anyone else in this world is still polite--God forbid.
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