Thread: I love Brits

I love dealing with British companies. They are all so upright and polite (at least the ones I've dealt with). I have a major thing for courtesy and politeness and I think it's one of the greases that keeps the wheels turning in a civilized society.

I sent a nice thank you note to Geoffrey Trumper thanking them for the samples and to let them know that I would definitely be purchasing some of their products and they sent me a thank you note, thanking me for the thank you note I sent.

The British... they are so civilized. Wonder if I can emigrate?

-- Gary F.

Overall, I'd agree with that. A few snobby exceptions I've run into, but overall, yes; very nice people. When I worked for the Dunhill store in NYC in the early 1970s, I had several British actors who bought their pipe tobacco from me. Very nice men. When Sir Ralph Richardson found out I was attending drama school, he asked many questions about the classes I was taking, etc. I saw him in the play HOME on Broadway & mailed a note c/o the theatre about how much I enjoyed the performance. He came in the shop the next day, not to buy his usual tobacco, but just to thank me for the note. He seemed very shy about it too. Another customer and real gentleman was Sir Anthony Quayle, who was in SLEUTH on Broadway about that same time. He was in town several years later, after I had been on a diet and lost about 80 lbs.; his first words on seeing me, "Dennis, you've lost an incredible amount of weight!" I was amazed he noticed, let alone remembering my name!

It just shows how far we've come when we're surprised by behavior that used to be the norm.

Indeed, Alot of people are rushing through life, at least it appears that way to me. Rushing hither and yon without stopping to enjoy a bit of peace. I think another lost art is writing letters. A whole generation will not have letters to look back on when they get older and feel nostalgia. I wrote my wife love letters and left them on her pillow for years, and to those who think thats not manly well i have nothing to say to that crowd.
We need a resurge of people who teach their children to be ladies and gentlemen and to enjoy life, not rush through it.

Jmy. Ellis