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**KukkoDrukko** · 09-21-2012, 09:33 PM

I must say that I'm quite confused about this whole thread. Admittedly I have not spent much time in Thai cities, but Thailand feels like a courteous and gentle place to me, as does Japan. (Thailand does feel a little less organised at times...). I love Hong Kong and China, but I feel a distinct drop in the courtesy meter there.

It's more the attitudes that I'm picking up on, rather than specific actions. As Steve says, many of these are so culturally dependent that they are meaningless. In China, for example, saying thank you (even in Chinese) to a waitress just seems to confuse her. People just don't seem to do that.

09-21-2012, 09:33 PM	#35
KukkoDrukko Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	I must say that I'm quite confused about this whole thread. Admittedly I have not spent much time in Thai cities, but Thailand feels like a courteous and gentle place to me, as does Japan. (Thailand does feel a little less organised at times...). I love Hong Kong and China, but I feel a distinct drop in the courtesy meter there. It's more the attitudes that I'm picking up on, rather than specific actions. As Steve says, many of these are so culturally dependent that they are meaningless. In China, for example, saying thank you (even in Chinese) to a waitress just seems to confuse her. People just don't seem to do that.
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