The View From Across The Pond

This evening I had a lovely dinner with a colleague from the UK along with a few other work friends.

As the conversation progressed to the recent presidential inauguration to crowds to how the DC Metro works, the UK colleague said, "You know what I've found? American crowds are quite polite."

"What?" I responded.

"Everyone is just so polite. People let you go ahead of them, no one ever knocks you out of the way. American crowds are polite," she said.

"Really? Polite? You think Americans are polite?" I asked.

"Yes, you really are. I think it's that everyone is in a good humor," she responded.

Wow. Americans polite and good humored. Who knew?

If Americans on the DC Metro are good humored, God help those poor Londoners. It's a wonder they make it to work alive.

L.