Friendly and Polite People - Page 4

Mersha · ‎03-10-2010

Thankfully, I do not hear "hon" or "sugar" used in our area either.

If I was addressed using those terms, I would cringe and find it incredibly condescending.

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Johnnyeager · ‎09-05-2014

I live and work in NYC. I hear baby, Hon and sweetie all the time.

I like it and have no problem with such appellations.

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@beckyb1012 wrote:
Yes we are. Texas people are the worst drivers, myself included. However, we are so friendly to everyone. My city as about 100,000 citizens.

@beckyb1012 LOL You must be near Houston. We went through there once and swore never again.

If you think drivers are bad here, try Massachusetts, my home state.

You do not have to deal with snow travel, either. Try being on the road with the clowns who do not switch out their tires for "snow" tires.

I think most states with high urban populations will experience bad drivers, especially with populations growing.

(I think Texas is getting worse due to the transplants coming in from some other states. Simmer down, people. LOL)

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

I agree, though, that folks are fairly friendly around here-especially when we first moved here.

Folks loved our "Bawston" accent. LOL

You always have some cranky-pants but I figure I do not know the person's story so I just let it be.

(And those transplants from other places need to realize it's not all about them.) *Runs from the thread*

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@Johnnyeager wrote:
I live and work in NYC. I hear baby, Hon and sweetie all the time.

I like it and have no problem with such appellations.

Babe or baby seems a bit too intimate coming from the butcher 😜 but I have no problem with the other terms.

Too many other things in this world to worry over.

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@Cakers3 wrote:
@beckyb1012 wrote:
Yes we are. Texas people are the worst drivers, myself included. However, we are so friendly to everyone. My city as about 100,000 citizens.
@beckyb1012 LOL You must be near Houston. We went through there once and swore never again.

If you think drivers are bad here, try Massachusetts, my home state.

You do not have to deal with snow travel, either. Try being on the road with the clowns who do not switch out their tires for "snow" tires.

I think most states with high urban populations will experience bad drivers, especially with populations growing.

(I think Texas is getting worse due to the transplants coming in from some other states. Simmer down, people. LOL)

I am about four hours from Houston. We do have a man from Houston who comes to our office several times a year for meetings. He hates to come here, he says our drivers are INSANE!!

I did just Sat. see an Oregon plate van. I loved her slogan so much on her back window I wanted to follow her and tell her!! Cannot write here it is polictical but oh boy did I love her sentiment!!

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

No such thing on Earth as a place where everyone is polite and kind all the time. We all have our moods and our habits. And of course, wherever you go, there you are. You get back what you put out, magnified.

I'm from the Midwest originally, and Midwestern Nice is a real thing. The standard is to act nice all the time. But sometimes the niceness is only a facade. You can't always trust whether the person means it or not. That can be even worse than having them curse at you at times.

I've found that people in different parts of the country demonstrate friendliness and warmth in different ways. It's like understanding the local dialect to know what to look for. If you just assume it isn't there because you instinctively do it differently, you're missing out.

When you find you feel more at home in a certain area, that is great. It feels great to discover "your people." But if you lived there, you would eventually see the other side of it as well. Everywhere is like that, there's always a positive and a negative angle to any strength.

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Jaspersmom · ‎06-08-2011

@NYCLatinaMe I've found NYC people to be much nicer and more patient than the people I encounter on LI. I'm always kind and polite to people even when others are not. Sometimes I will kill them with kindness and then they come around. I just can't stand the idiots on the roads who speed, cut you off and don't use signals to change lanes.

decaf · ‎05-13-2021

In my S. Florida county, people are incredibly rude and it's worse all the time. One local city was even voted #12 rudest city in America a few years back

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Most are ex NYers or they're from Miami, they moved an hour north. The NYers are mostly nice people when they're in NY, but, once they're out of their original element, they really change for the worse. Sort of like what happens to people when they get on an airplane.

DrakesMomma · ‎06-02-2010

I'm in Northeast Ohio. In a smaller city close to a bigger city. It just depends on the people, the situation, the weather, etc.

Sunday morning is when I go to the grocery. I make sure to tell everyone I see good morning. Sometimes I get a response, sometimes I don't.

While at the grocery I do think I have a flashing neon sign above my head that only older people can see. I think is says "she's safe, she'll help". And, it is true. I will help when asked. I rarely help when I am not asked. I don't want someone to think I am insulting them by thinking they can't do it themselves. One day I will be old and I might need help.