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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
...or you're not from North America, where I assume this rule primarily exists albeit in a pretty minor way. Maybe they are from here but done really drive.
Your version of common courtesy is entirely subjective, and unfortunately you have to account for the fact that these things aren't universal, and you are going to run into people that haven't heard of these rules. That's life. It's ridiculous to think that every person of every upbringing and world experience comes equipped with the same version of "common courtesy." Very few are universal, and a few more translate well in similar cultures, but that's it.
Don't travel. Your definition of common courtesy would be terribly violated. If you act like you do here in some places, you'd be relentlessly mocked all the same by people similar to yourself.
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Or are you saying I would be mocked for being a courteous person?
I'm sorry, I have travelled, and the stranger in a strange land thing doesn't hold water. When you come to a new Country, part of the onus is on you to try and adapt to local customs and courtesies. People from India don't come here and poo on the sidewalk even though it is the norm there. People from Japan don't take off their shoes when they go to The Keg.
There is certainly some religious standards that carry over, and people are free to express. But when it comes to common courtesy, if you don't adapt to a new culture, and be respectful of others in that culture, your just a selfish a-hole then. No matter where you go.
I certainly wouldn't go to Iran, crack a beer, and crank Motley Crue with my windows down with a topless hooker in the passenger seat. I would respect the local customs.