Uncommon Courtesy (page 3 of 3)

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You have to feed off people's vibes ... You go out of your way to show customers they did us a favor by coming here.

World of Courtesy: Ranking of 35 Cities

Below is a ranking of the most courteous to the least courteous -- 35 major cities included in RD's Global Courtesy Test. Figures reflect the percentage of people who passed in each city. When multiple cities had identical scores, they are listed in alphabetical order.

New York USA 80%
Zurich Switzerland 77
Toronto Canada 70
Berlin Germany 68
São Paulo Brazil 68
Zagreb Croatia 68
Auckland New Zealand 67
Warsaw Poland 67
Mexico City Mexico 65
Stockholm Sweden 63
Budapest Hungary 60
Madrid Spain 60
Prague Czech Republic 60
Vienna Austria 60
Buenos Aires Argentina 57
Johannesburg South Africa 57
Lisbon Portugal 57
London United Kingdom 57
Paris France 57
Amsterdam Netherlands 52
Helsinki Finland 48
Manila Philippines 48
Milan Italy 47
Sydney Australia 47
Bangkok Thailand 45
Hong Kong   45
Ljubljana Slovenia 45
Jakarta Indonesia 43
Taipei Taiwan 43
Moscow Russia 42
Singapore   42
Seoul South Korea 40
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 37
Bucharest Romania 35
Mumbai India 32
From Reader's Digest - July 2006
 
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While I think that everyone should be polite to others I did not like how this article put so much emphasis on the importance of workers being poite to customers and not vice versa. It seems to me that everywhere I go the workers are more than polite while customers don't return the favor!

By J.R, on 01/05/2010

Good thing they didn't come to Kuwait.. They would have gotten the lowest score there.

By keith, on 01/05/2010

societies less scenario tropical emitted recent open

By jenevievew, on 10/28/2009

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