Is courtesy dead?
Published:
9:17 AM July 22, 2011
Updated:
6:36 PM November 7, 2020
Sir - Recently, I boarded a 157 bus to town and, as I got my ticket, I realised that the bus was full up – every seat taken – so I quickly found a handrail to hold on to.
As I looked around the crowded bus, I counted no less than nine men sitting down but not one of them stood up and offered me their seat!
This meant that I had to hang on for dear life and perform a rather strange pensioners’ pole dance around my handrail as the bus swayed, swerved, jumped, braked and trundled along to the Triangle where, thankfully, I alighted, shaken and stirred!
This episode made me wonder – in these modern times, is the age of courtesy dead? (Answers on a postcard please!)
Pat Rose (age 75)
74 Manstone Avenue
Sidmouth