Helpfulness and politeness are so delightful

  One thing that Lisa and I have noticed since moving to the Iberian peninsula is how helpful the Spanish people are towards others. Indeed, we have experienced this first hand on a number of occasions. Arriving at a large general store that seems to have whatever you want, we found that there were a …

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Please smile politely, thank you

It may be an old fashioned attitude but, to me, good manners and politeness are still an important part of everyday life. Today, such things as saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ are so often ignored as we go about our 21st century lives. Sadly for children in our modern society, the lapse in the use …