Comments on: Why Be Polite? http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David V. http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225/comment-page-1#comment-822 David V. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:28:59 +0000 http://blog.regehr.org/?p=225#comment-822 Agreed: I was raised to be “overly polite” but my parents didn’t return the favor often. With my own children, I make extra effort to talk to them like I expect them to talk to me, and when I occasionally realize I have been less than polite, I apologize for my lack of respect.

My wife wasn’t raised the same way, but she agrees too and tries her best.

]]> By: regehr http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225/comment-page-1#comment-789 regehr Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:50:26 +0000 http://blog.regehr.org/?p=225#comment-789 Politeness may require many words but I’d settle for common courtesy which could be terse :) .

]]> By: Robby Findler http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225/comment-page-1#comment-788 Robby Findler Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:38:58 +0000 http://blog.regehr.org/?p=225#comment-788 Suresh: on the other hand, politeness requires twice the number words and, in a faculty meeting, that can easily mean twice the amount of time spent ….

]]> By: Suresh http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225/comment-page-1#comment-786 Suresh Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:40:24 +0000 http://blog.regehr.org/?p=225#comment-786 “Overall, given a group of people in close proximity who have to help each other out, life is nicer when people are at least moderately polite”

why does this remind me of faculty meetings ?

]]> By: Robby http://blog.regehr.org/archives/225/comment-page-1#comment-784 Robby Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:36:19 +0000 http://blog.regehr.org/?p=225#comment-784 Oh man. You’re way out of my depth now. Too much subtlety! :)

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