- Location
- London
Yep, I'll admit a bit of a (healthy to my mind) antidote to some of the habitual knee-jerk Brit hating that goes on in the dreaded NACAS yard, but what, despite its many clear faults, warms your heart about this damp isle and its people?
One I was reminded of earlier today.
Folk saying thank you to bus drivers.
I mean they are clearly paid to drive the buses, and are going that whatever way anyway, but many folk of all sorts of backgrounds, very often, me included, often say thank you when getting on and off.
(maybe this happens abroad as well - maybe some of our foreign correspondents can educate us)
Another one - folk saying sorry after a minor pedestrian collision, even if it's clearly not their fault - but done without even a hint of sarkiness or obsequiousness - just a sorry generously freely given.
One I was reminded of earlier today.
Folk saying thank you to bus drivers.
I mean they are clearly paid to drive the buses, and are going that whatever way anyway, but many folk of all sorts of backgrounds, very often, me included, often say thank you when getting on and off.
(maybe this happens abroad as well - maybe some of our foreign correspondents can educate us)
Another one - folk saying sorry after a minor pedestrian collision, even if it's clearly not their fault - but done without even a hint of sarkiness or obsequiousness - just a sorry generously freely given.