How rude are you?

[LuluLovesDisney]

Interesting quiz.

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=27424

 

[T1130]

I am a manners maven and everybody should be like me. And I am from New York too.

 

[Charade]

I am a manners maven and everybody should be like me. And I am from New York too.

 

[Fan2CSkr]

Quiz: How Polite Are You?



You got 10 out of 10 correct!

Manners Maven
You're skilled at coping with people without resorting to mean or rude tactics. Everyone should be as courteous as you! We keep hearing about the death of civility -- but it's alive and well in a place you'd least expect.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Another Manners Maven
You're skilled at coping with people without resorting to mean or rude tactics. Everyone should be as courteous as you! We keep hearing about the death of civility -- but it's alive and well in a place you'd least expect.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

I am a manners maven and everybody should be like me. And I am from New York too.

Yay for the manners mavens!

And I am right over the bridge from you- beautiful Bayonne, NJ.

 

[Beth76]

I could have gotten 10 out of 10, but I answered truthfully. I wouldn't tell the guy his fly was open, I wouldn't ask my husband nicely if he would turn the channel back. I wouldn't tell Chatty Cathy that I don't want to talk and I would look around to see if anyone would offer their seat on the bus before offering it myself.

 

[punkin]

Did they do any other American cities? I always maintained that New Yorkers were the most polite and moving to the DC area only reinforced my beliefs. BTW, this ex-NYer got 10 out of 10 on the quizz.

 

[Robinrs]

I got 9 out of 10 because I don't stop checking email while on the phone... duh... I'm the ultimate multi tasker and NEVER do one thing at a time!!

Right now I'm on the DIS, doing laundry, ordering pizza on one site, doing my job on another, AND I'm in Orlando in a vacation home watching my son in the pool....

Is that rude????

 

[Sparx]

I got 8 out of 10, because I won't stop checking my email to answer teh phone. and I won't remind someone to ask me to change the channel. but I will stare you down until you get the point.

 

[ForTheLoveofDisney]

You got 7 out of 10 correct!

which is Manners Maven

I tried to answer as truthfully as I could with the choices I was given.

For instance, if someone were talking to me at a Dr.'s office but I didn't feel like talking. I wouldn't move, I wouldn't say anything to the person but I also wouldn't stare off in a trance. I'd just "act" like I was listening.

And, if someone were cussing at a soccer game I would just move. I wouldn't say anything to him and I wouldn't say anything to the ref.

The other question I got "wrong" was about the remote control and I did answer that truthfully and that was I'd stare my DH down until he realized what he did.

 

[Miranda Danda]

I could have gotten 10 out of 10, but I answered truthfully. I wouldn't tell the guy his fly was open, I wouldn't ask my husband nicely if he would turn the channel back. I wouldn't tell Chatty Cathy that I don't want to talk and I would look around to see if anyone would offer their seat on the bus before offering it myself.

AMEN!!!! I knew what the right answers were, but c'mon!

 

[Marseeya]

I'm with Beth -- I could have gotten a 10/10, but didn't.

I will continue to read e-mails while talking on the phone because -- hello! I can pay attention to more than one thing at a time. Chew gum and walk, anyone?

I'd move away from someone blabbing my ear off in a doctor's office.

I'd hide the remote from my DH if he ever did something that rude, which he wouldn't.

Last minute b-day invite, the child would get money in a card, but I wouldn't "shove" it in and "scribble" on the card. Geez, was that option a set-up or what?

Fly down -- I'd ignore it unless I knew the guy really well.

Pregnant lady on bus -- that question ASSumes the person answering it is healthy enough to give up a seat. My balance probably isn't any better than el-prego's is.

I'm only "socially so-so."

 

[NewJersey]

I answered truthfully and got 6 out of 10. I'm socially so-so, so watch out for this b*tch!

 

[preshi]

Socially So-So (6 out of 10)
Most of the time you can be counted on to be courteous, but you do have moments of weakness when you slip into rude behavior. The next time that happens, take a deep breath and think about how you'd want to be treated. We keep hearing about the death of civility -- but it's alive and well in a place you'd least expect.

I answered honestly!

 

[cteddiesgirl]

I'm a Manners Maven with 8/10.

I wouldn't ask my spouse to change the channel back. I'd change it and hide the remote. Why would I have to be polite to my husband when he so obviously wasn't with me?

I wouldn't tell Chatty Cathy that I don't want to talk and I would look around to see if anyone would offer their seat on the bus before offering it myself.

I'm like you. I would also pretend to listen, and have done so on many occasions. But, the next alternative would be to tell him that I don't want to talk.

I also wouldn't automatically give up my seat on the bus. Especially since I'm usually wearing heels. I will always see if someone else gives up their seat first. I also believe that it should be up to the men to offer up their seats first (unless they are elderly).

 

[Micca]

I'm another 6 out 10 so & so. Most of my answers weren't on there. For instance, the remote control question. If DW did that to me, I would get move to another room with a tv.

 

[Charade]

You got 8 out of 10 correct!

Manners Maven

 

[slk537]

I could have gotten 10 out of 10, but I answered truthfully. I wouldn't tell the guy his fly was open, I wouldn't ask my husband nicely if he would turn the channel back. I wouldn't tell Chatty Cathy that I don't want to talk and I would look around to see if anyone would offer their seat on the bus before offering it myself.

Me too on all of this except I am also guilty of sometimes reading my emails when on the phone sometimes...

 

[Andrea]

You got 7 out of 10 correct!

Manners Maven
You're skilled at coping with people without resorting to mean or rude tactics. Everyone should be as courteous as you! We keep hearing about the death of civility -- but it's alive and well in a place you'd least expect. Find out where.

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