Law, rules, protocol, convention, tradition, etc. They all serve to tell us how other people will behave. It beats having to negotiate every interaction from scratch.
Manners allows us to have an excuse to have negative reactions to what would otherwise be no reason. Without manners we’d be forced to confront our own emotions directly!
October 21, 2014
Why you gotta be so rude….
October 21, 2014
Law, rules, protocol, convention, tradition, etc. They all serve to tell us how other people will behave. It beats having to negotiate every interaction from scratch.
October 22, 2014
I make really nice cucumber sandwiches
October 22, 2014
I begin to wonder if my fellow commenters share my income bracket.
October 22, 2014
What’s “income?”
October 22, 2014
Manners allows us to have an excuse to have negative reactions to what would otherwise be no reason. Without manners we’d be forced to confront our own emotions directly!
October 25, 2014
Cat and Girl’s blue period has given way to green!
October 25, 2014
and humble pie
December 2, 2014
Formality is standing on ceremony, but it still can’t reach the punchbowl.