#rudeness

To get faster and better service, ring a bell. It’s the same principal as honking at someone in traffic. People respond well to it, and they seem to really enjoy it.
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— Jarod Kintz

#better #considerate #customer-service #enjoy #faster

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#weakness #state

It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#rudeness #sympathy #trouble

[N]othing about a book is so unmistakable and so irreplaceable as the stamp of the cultured mind. I don't care what the story is about or what may be the momentary craze for books that appear to have been hammered out by the village blacksmith in a state of intoxication; the minute you get the easy touch of the real craftsman with centuries of civilisation behind him, you get literature. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#craft #craftsmanship #creative-process #crudeness #culture

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. ↗

— Lord Byron

#force #freedom #model #moderation #people

Nobody would take checks from Indians, nobody would give them any credit, and nobody would let them drink in the bars. There was a rudeness, a brusqueness, with which the Indians were treated constantly. At a very young age, that had entered my consciousness. ↗

— James Welch

#any #bars #checks #consciousness #constantly

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#imitation #rudeness #weak

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#effectively #great #his #how #idiosyncrasies

Rudeness can make me angry. ↗

— Clive Owen

#make #me #rudeness

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#displaying #famille #living #maximum #motives