[speeder]

I'm a "please and thank you" and hold the door guy, most people respond in kind. If not, they look like an ass, so I don't really care. Good manners, (like Moses's), are really an expression of who you are and your consideration for fellow travelers on this earth.

That said, I live for truly rude people. My attitude is that I am nice to nice people, and mean people had better run when they see me coming. I went to France hoping to meet some of the proto-typical rude frogs, but they never really materialized. I was looking forward to some good old-fashioned monkey-slapping, but everyone was pretty cool. It was right after 9/11, though. Might be different now.