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Dave Emanuel's avatar

Manners are a reflection of culture. Capitalism requires manners as a component of success. If customers are treated rudely, they will take their business elsewhere. Within corporate and government cultures, manners are lacking because accountability is also lacking. If a government worker is rude, the “customer” doesn’t have the option of going elsewhere and supervisors typically don’t care because they have their own rudeness to dispense. In large corporate retail organizations, management is typically so far removed from frontline workers, they never see the loss of business that results from customers being treated rudely.

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Debra Miltimore's avatar

Teach your children proper manners and they should go far.

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