Sunday, March 9, 2014

The Kindness of First-Class Manners

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.  If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."
Emily Post

Recently, I was in a tram at an amusement park.  Several college-age young men had gotten on first and taken seats.  As the tram car filled up with passengers standing, one of the young men kept asking if anyone wanted his seat.  No one took him up on his offer and the tram began its ride.  The young man was joking with his friends and asking them whether they thought he was awesome.  An older gentleman who was observing them said, "I don't know you well enough to know if you are awesome... but you have first-class manners."

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