That's what the British do.

That's what
Please and Thank you, are for
Also
Have a good day

I'm a firm believer in practicing good manners except when you have to be aggressively rude. I think it's the Brits that are able to cut a person to the quick very politely. We all get to decide how to make our way in life but good manners can prevent strife.

Richardmoderate, I love your wit and your style. You always amaze me and help me to laugh. You are very intelligent and are an asset to this group. You are very sweet and you love irony and comedy.
:-D

I am an anglophile only because I have this huge huge huge crush on this actor who is norman and welsh ancestory with what I think might be some roman ancestory. To everyone else he's probably not much, but to me he's just hot with his "strumpet fortune" butt.

I myself am irish and one of the few people I relate to in my building is also irish. When I was in the hospital, it was another Irish person who took care of me emotionally.

But yes, the British are good with etiquette. I will get it down, I promise, I will just have to study maybe this time, the 4 agreements and zen now that I am beyond the Gita.

I love manners and proper etiquette! And I do try to practice them! Today, however, I very loudly and rudely "lost it" and told someone to STFU. Not good. Maybe I should have said..."STFU, please." I know...Still no good.

As usual I'll pay for that outburst for quite some time...I'll do what is right and apologize profusely and ask for forgiveness hoping I haven't done irreparable damage. I'm exhausted agonizing over the whole thing. Maybe next time, I'll "check myself" before I "wreak myself". But no one's perfect.

I go into automatic when I'm having a mood swing. I don't know how I do it, maybe through practice. (I've been BP all my life).
The only time people have known I was depressed was after a suicide attempt. I think automatic manners/phrases come in handy when you're dealing with the outside world. Like a job, you don't want them to know you're BP.

The four agreements I love that , If I feel uncomfortable I must be breaking one of the four . A book to live by and keeps my goofy mind grounded .

when we invaded a country we always used to say "excuse me" first.

when we left we'd usually send a thank you letter after.

The Saxons can be just as caustic as the Yanks!

Especially when it comes to debates on Immigration on Facebook! :)

I think we already DO have a lot of automatic manners, rap!!!

We say 'Hi! How ya' doing?'

The answer can be an outright lie or it can be the truth.
We can even skip answering it by saying the same thing back to whoever greeted you!

Just say, 'Hey!! How are YOU doing?'

Or you can answer 'Good'. Or 'Good! Thanks for asking'.
And then ask them how they are.

What situation are you interested in having an automatic response to!!!
Maybe we can give you some examples!!!