Being polite 'will make Britain great'

Being polite 'will make Britain great' : "'I hate the fact that everything is gloomy, everybody is sleeping with each other, everybody is killing each other, everybody is committing anti-social behaviour all the time, when Britain doesn't look so awful in real life,' she said."

A lot of British programmes are no longer watched here because they are too in your face, have a massive cringe factor and deal with the how low can you get behaviours. We are starting to avoid programmes which constantly portray human beings as revolting , negative and horrible in one way or another. We don't have a Mary Poppins view of life nor do we want one but too many shows and films are about destructive and dysfunctional behaviour. We don't want to be a part of it. Nor do we want the Brady Bunch and the all is icing sugar and fairy cakes approach. We have turned to our DVDs , the Net and each other for diversion. It's true, people have tended to accept that poor and negative behaviours are acceptable and normal, funny even. It's how you bring people up. Britain used to be the zenith of politesse and good breeding. My British friends have come back from their trip back to where they were born and will never go again. They said it is like the TV shows and that that is a real worry. Their families are concerned about how their neighbourhoods have changed. It is said you can go further on your manners than your education and it is always a breath of fresh air when you meet someone with good manners and who is really polite. It would be good to return to some of those forms of etiquette because it does smooth the social interactions. That is something which has become better at Adelaide, I think. We have been treating each other in a more considerate way and that was demonstrated at the supermarket this morning when we all had quite a wait before being served. We just started some pleasant chit chat and in the end we were all laughing and before we knew it we were served and the check out operators had picked up on the mood and they too felt lightened by it and less stressed because there weren't enough of them at the time. It just eases everything when you are considerate.