Today, I made a cup of tea for one of my work colleagues. I asked her what she wanted first. She simply said 'Tea'. I don't like confrontation so I just made her tea. I handed it to her and she just took it from me without saying thanks. I was a bit cross but I didn't say anything. Then I started to wonder if maybe I use manners TOO much.

I say please and thank you a lot. Like, I'd probably use those words 50 times a day. So does my mum. I guess she taught me well during growing up. But yeah. Now I get slightly cross when I don't see good manners.

What are you like with manners? Do you say please and thank you too much or not enough?

I apologize to furniture I bump into and to the sink if I accidentally drop something there, like a saucepan.

I do it a lot, basically. If someone gives me anything I never know what to do with myself so I'll thank them and try to make it up to them. Somehow :(

I sort of envy people who can walk away without saying bye and asking for stuff without adding please, but on the other hand I feel a bit hurt when they do it to me. Hypocrite!

Too much :/ I get a lot of crap about it from my friends and coworkers. I guess it doesn't help that I'm too much of a nice person and people take advantage of me all of the time.

Yet, I'm one of those people who can't stand if someone acts the same way to me. I'm always like "You don't have to say sorry, there's nothing to be sorry for!" and then, next thing I know, "sorry" is coming out of my mouth for something that isn't even my fault XD

I think i would feel hurt, and not giving her tea anymore. And yes, i also have manners and thank you a lot. i think its normal. That girl which did not thank you will notice one day others avoid her, or give nothing to her. it does not have anything to do with you.

'Manners don't cost a thing' is what I've always been told. My patience would be very slim with your work colleague, Selphie. xD

I'm okay with manners. Big fan of burping and farting, thoughXD

But if someone makes me something I say thank youO.o

I think please and thank you can't be said too much actually. Thats simply politeness.

I couldn't do that. It's not in my nature to be hurtful to someone. I'm nice, which is probably my downfall. But whatever. I'd rather be a nice person than a nasty one o_0

Anyway, she's in her fifties and people avoid her anyway. Yet she never learns. I don't dislike her as like I said, it's not in my nature, but I do get frustrated with her.

Military grandparents so yes.

I'm polite to a fault sometimes. Hold doors, offer to carry things for people, run errands for free, always stand straight up with eyes forward and hands locked if I'm waiting for something, always listen to telemarketers and people that come to the door. >_<

It's just second nature for me to have acceptable manners, I don't even think about it, but I can push them aside if need be, like if I'm going to have to tell someone off for being a complete idiot and no, the kid is not going over to your house at eleven at night, you idiot.

What I learned with the work with my elder teammates.. It's hard to nearly impossible to ever change them. I really was frustrated about some of them first. But I learned to accept them just like they are and that helped alot to get along with them better. And it doesn't frustrate me anymore.

Yeah, I'm sometimes overly polite. I was brought up to always say please and thank you. I always hold doors open for people when I'm out shopping or wherever. And if someone makes me a cup of tea I say thanks about 50879394 times.

You should say something next time. When she takes the tea, just say, "You're welcome," and walk away. That way, you are still being polite and you are reminding her to say thank you.

I'm decently polite, most of the time. I do have a hard time with the 'respect your elders' thing, though. Many of the older people I have encountered are certain that because they lived through this or that they have a more valid opinion than me. shakes head In some cases this may be true, but often enough it is not and they refuse to listen to another point of view, even if it is expressed as merely an opinion.

Yeah, I get in fights with old people alot. XO

i hate when people don't use "please" and "thank you" when they ask me to get them something and when they get it. i hardly ever do it myself (though i know how to come off as appreciative at friends' houses) so i guess i'm kind of a hypocrite ):

i'm a stickler for manners, especially the staple manners -- please, thank you, excuse me, etc. i also appreciate people who are not afraid to use them.... as i notice that many people tend to sound sheepish when saying 'excuse me' and such.

i'm also very stuck up when it comes to table manners. eating habits are such a big deal to me and i become easily offended while eating with anyone oblivious to (even the basic) table manners.

Yeah, I'm very polite when it comes to saying please/thank you/sorry etc. If I walk past someone too close, I'll be like "Sorry!" If someone bumps into me I'll say sorry. And so on..

But people do the same, usually. If it's my fault and I bump into someone, they'll say sorry too - so I suppose what I do is just socially accepted. It does piss me off if someone doesn't say sorry when it's their fault though.

I say please a lot. Also thank you...but I'm sometimes too quiet and it sounds mumbled, so sometimes I think people don't hear D: and yes, if shop workers and the like don't say thank you, then it might be a slightly sarcastic thanks or none at all. I'm not as bad as my parents though - sometimes they'll make comments to the shop workers that don't say it lol.

Lol, I apologize to everything. Like, I spill my drink on my bed, I'm like 'OMG SORRY'. When there is nobody around. Also, when I burp and by myself, I still say 'excuse me'. I also thank everybody for doing everything. Ex. Teacher calls me up to do work on the board. When I finish, they're like 'thank you'. Then I'm like 'THANK YOU'.

Lol, I've been brainwashed.

I apologize a lot.

If someone steps on me on apologize. I don't know why. ;o

I was always taught it was rude to invite myself somewhere, like someone's house, when someone's going out.

So I had a friend who would constantly pester me about coming to my house, and I thought it was extremely rude.

To my elders, I use proper manners and say please and thank you a lot. To people my age, they have to have deserved to be treated that way. If you're a disrespectful turd, don't expect any manners (or kindness for that matter) from me.

I feel that I do.. and sometimes I say 'have a good day' before clerks or librarians or whomever have a chance to. ._.