Do You you politely thank the Postman for delivering your mail and the bus driver?

NotQuiteNorbert

SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »

Someone just posed this question in a thread here: -

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1816683&page=2

I always do this and my mother did as well. I also thank people who come to do things for me, even if I am paying them but not, obv, if they do a rotten job.

I thank :-

• Postmen
• Bus Drivers
• Taxi/Minicab drivers
• Gas men
• Elecy men
• Dustbin men (especially HUNKY ones)
• Builders/decorators
• Sales people in shops (when they assist me with purchases)
• Dentist
• Doctor
• Hairdresser (natch!)
• People who let me out of junctions when I am driving
• and EVEN Washing Machine repair men

Am I alone in this?

If people do something for me, then I thank them. Costs nothing, plus I think it's only polite.

I even thanked the midwife who took blood from me today.

DCFC79

NotQuiteNorbert wrote: »

If people do something for me, then I thank them. Costs nothing, plus I think it's only polite.

I even thanked the midwife who took blood from me today.

totally agree with you,

Pssst

Takoda wrote: »

Mostly. Sometimes. Depends.

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SUESMITH_2

i thank everyone and will give up my seat on a bus, i also hold doors open for people but it amazes me how many people just push through and never even acknowledge i'm there however i will carry on cos most people are also polite

fishingcinema

i always say please and thank you as manners cost nothing but get you far, im 26 and this is how my mother raised me i am doing the same to my two little girls just 3 and just four they say please and thank you when they would like something and when they receive something i would not have it any other way

we use the bus alot and they always say thank you very much bus driver when they get off


and i always make them wait untill everyone gets off the bus before they can get on and let elderly people on the bus first along with giving our seats up if need be

Takoda

Pssst wrote: »

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Yes.......

GrammarGirl

I thank any one who's provided a service or helped me in any way. I'm terrible for apologising constantly though, especially if someone else gets in my way in the street - I apologise to THEM! And more often than not they ignore me or give me a death stare. That's people for you!

ChrisCobra

I always thank the bus driver in the UK , over here tho you just get off and dont say a word.

I bet bus drivers hate saying "no problem , or thank you" up to 50 times every main stop!

3plus1

I always thank bus drivers. They get me where I need to be, they're helpful if you don't know where you're going ("I'll give you a shout when it's your stop"), they have a natter with anyone who wants one (makes life a bit less lonely, I'm sure) and they look out for your personal safety. When I was younger, there was a bit of trouble on a bus I was on and the driver wouldn't let the guy get off at the same stop as the woman so he couldn't follow her home. He didn't need to do that, but he may well have prevented something awful from happening. Drivers go above and beyond sometimes.

I also like the way that all bus drivers wave at each when they're driving (although this isn't restricted to bus drivers - taxi drivers and driving instructors do it too). I don't know why, but it makes me smile.

I've always wondered if thanking the driver is a local tradition though, as I don't really see it much in England when I go down there.

luxor4t

The first sign that elderly MiL was developing what DH now refers to as 'err..problems' was when she stopped saying 'please' and 'thank you'.

Seems like there's a lot of it about!