Social manners. What are the basics you expect from people on your 'hood?
I have caught the bus into the city recently, a big ol bendy boy, and I was the only one to thank the driver. When did everyone stop thanking the driver?
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In my city the bus has signs asking for people to get on in front and off in back, so unless we want people shouting at the driver at every other street corner it's probably better for everyone to just get on with their day.
That's a high volume hour request, though, and when I get off in the front during low volume hours I say thanks and have a nice day or whatever.
You’ve got to thank the driver! I grew up over in Yorkshire and we’d always do that.
Yeah definitely have plenty of chats with the bus drivers. I genuinely find then some of the nicest people to talk to.
My hood?
I expect kids to drive to the park, eat their maccas then chuck the rubbish our the window.
I expect people to take a 2am trolley from the house with all the trolleys and walk it around the neighbourhood for a few weeks while snap send solve ignores it.
I expect people to dump rubbish next to all the industrial areas.
I expect 2am donuts and hooning.
Walk on the left side of the footpath/shared path. The vast majority of people are good at this, but you get enough people who just can't seem to get it. It's bloody annoying.
Probably since everyone started wearing headphones. In my opinion, thanking the driver is a courtesy, but not required. I usually just give them a wave as I'm leaving the back door. If I was a driver, I think I'd get sick of having to acknowledge every thank you. But that's me.
The one that annoys me is people stopping in the middle of paths/walkways/aisles, usually in the dead middle, to have a chat with zero regards towards anyone around them trying to get past. Just step to the side, pretty easy to do.
I do think it's less common on the bigger buses. You can't do it on the Metro for example, I'm pretty sure (only been on it a couple of times, but IIRC the driver is in a fully separated cabin).
I say good morning/good afternoon/good evening/hello to everyone I walk past in my local area and generally expect the same in return. Not that everyone does it or that I'm offended when they don't, but most do and it's a social norm in my area.
I'll be honest, that sounds like a fucking nightmare.
I'm more passive. I'll give a friendly smile so it makes it easy for them to decide to say hello or not.
I've noticed that every new neighbor on my street is slightly more of a recluse than the last. I feel like the only one who actually leaves my house on foot each day. Everyone else takes the car every single time.
Speaking of cars, the street has slowly become long-term storage for oversized vehicles. There was once a courtesy of leaving the street free for guests and whatnot. The ones who really take the piss (e.g. unregistered cars anchored by cobwebs) get broken windscreens.
I said good morning to someone I walked past yesterday, unfortunately it was the afternoon.
I am why I cannot say nice things.
My partner does this all the time, she'll say good morning at 2 PM or good afternoon at 7 PM when it's dark lol
People thank the driver in Denver. I’m not sure if any of the drivers care.
It seems to be less common in Adelaide than in Sydney.