Outscoring large cities in 35 countries, New York proved best in three tests of courtesy, according to the survey by Reader’s Digest.
Reporters for the magazine conducted a “door test,” to see who would hold open a door, a “document drop” to see who would help pick up dropped papers and a “service test” to measure if salesclerks said thank you for a purchase.
Jun 21, 2006
C’mon, if you lived here you already knew this.
2 comments:
Really?!? Are you guys really that polite? I guess I've believed the stereotype this whole time. . .
Incredibly polite, unbelieveably polite, wonderfully polite! Especially to people who are visiting or people who are in trouble. Once you get past the hard outer candy coated shell you get into the soft, gooey, caramel center in the heart of each New Yorker.
You would be amazed, I myself a lifelong New Yorker never cease to be. We have the heights of courtesy but they are contrasted against the depths of rudeness at times - you take the good with the bad, block out the bad and focus on the good.
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