Yeah, you're going to change the tradition of uttering banalities.
These things hang around for a reason, you know. It seems everyone thinks differently. We each come from a different past. We each hope for a different future. And none of us has the slightest twinge of ESP.
We might meet hundreds of people everyday for the briefest of moments, and we have no clue as to their intentions.
These little utterances are a shortcut to saying, "I'm on your side. I'm no threat." And no one but the thickest idiot would expect anything more than that.
It's a bit like tipping. You don't generally tip someone because they did a great job or because you ever expect to see that particular person again.
You do it to condition them to treat everyone who looks and acts a little like you with respect in the future. And I and everyone else does the same. So the next time I get a meal, the waitress will remember someone (maybe you) who looked a bit like me and think well of me (and not spit in my food).
"Please" and "thank you" are free little tips we can give each other to help us all get along on this world over-crowded with strangers.
i hate fake manners
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Yeah, you're going to change the tradition of uttering banalities.
These things hang around for a reason, you know. It seems everyone thinks differently. We each come from a different past. We each hope for a different future. And none of us has the slightest twinge of ESP.
We might meet hundreds of people everyday for the briefest of moments, and we have no clue as to their intentions.
These little utterances are a shortcut to saying, "I'm on your side. I'm no threat." And no one but the thickest idiot would expect anything more than that.
It's a bit like tipping. You don't generally tip someone because they did a great job or because you ever expect to see that particular person again.
You do it to condition them to treat everyone who looks and acts a little like you with respect in the future. And I and everyone else does the same. So the next time I get a meal, the waitress will remember someone (maybe you) who looked a bit like me and think well of me (and not spit in my food).
"Please" and "thank you" are free little tips we can give each other to help us all get along on this world over-crowded with strangers.