favor: bored? 5-minute questionnaire on courtesy

i'm doing a little study for a sociology course and i need to get some internet responses to this tiny little questionnaire. it's just 15 questions and should only take a few minutes. i only need around 10-15 people, so if you'll oblige me on this, then it means you're awesome.


1. Age
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban
---Suburban
---Small town
---Rural
3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban
---Suburban
---Small town
---Rural
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?
7. Greet people you don't know?
8. Hold/open doors for people?
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?
11. Not return calls?
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?


thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.

. Age26
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Suburban
3. The area you live in now is:
---Suburban
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)say thank you when somebody holds the dorr open for you.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?N/A

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?yes
7. Greet people you don't know?yes
8. Hold/open doors for people?yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? no, I'm a girl, unless it is a pregnant woman or an elderly person
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?yes
11. Not return calls?no
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?ALL the time
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?NO
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? NO, well maybe, depends
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?No

1. 27
2. Small town
3. Urban
4. Awareness and acknowledgment of the people around you
5. Yes, people are more courteous in my current setting than the one I grew up in
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. No
13. No
14. No
15. No

. Age: 19
2. The area you grew up in is: Small town
3. The area you live in now is: Urban
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? The opposite of being a huge jerk.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? I've ran into more...not-so-courteous people in Portland than Corvallis, where I grew up, I think mostly just because there are more people.. The worst place I've been was Salt Lake City, though..

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? Yes, often
7. Greet people you don't know? Yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? Yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? Yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? Yes
11. Not return calls? Yes, because I'm phone-phobic
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? Never, and in fact in groups I hardly speak because I just feel so uncomfortable doing that.
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? No
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? No
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? No

Typo edit

[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by pygmy]

1. Age
-25
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Small town
3. The area you live in now is:
---Suburbanl
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
please and thanks yous
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
i grew up in such a small town most people knew one another so they said hi, but when i lived in the chicago people were very nice and it was more sincere cause they didn't know and they could never ever see me again

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
y
6. Smile at people you don't know?
n
7. Greet people you don't know?
sometimes
8. Hold/open doors for people?
always
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?
yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?
sometimes
11. Not return calls?
sometimes
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?
depends on the person
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?
no
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?
no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?
no

1. Age
34
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban
0-3
---Small town
3-7 / 13-15
7-13 / 15-21---Rural
3. The area you live in now is:
---Small town
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
the little thoughts for other people. Smiling, saying "Thank you", holding doors open, not shouting into a mobile phone on a train etc.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
not sure
Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?
yes
7. Greet people you don't know?
yes
8. Hold/open doors for people?
YES!
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?
YES!
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?
yes
11. Not return calls?
Yes, but not ofen.
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?
Not really applicable. No, probably.
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?
Fuck NO
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?
no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?
NO


EDIT:

You're welcome.

[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by demetrius_z]

1. 26
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban

3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
---chivalry&respect
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
---yes, but i believe the whole thing about people being rude in cities is a myth; they are just more callused because of the amount of undesirables they are faced with everyday. They aren't as friendly to strangers but once you get a chance to know them they are every bit as great a person as the ones from any other region of the world. people are people everywhere.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?-Y
7. Greet people you don't know?-Y
8. Hold/open doors for people?-Y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?-Y
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?-Y
11. Not return calls?-N
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?-Y
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?-N
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?-N
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?-N

1. 22
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban
X Suburban
---Small town
---Rural
3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban
X Suburban
---Small town
---Rural
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
holding doors for people. saying 'please', 'thank you', 'sir', and 'm'am'
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
people in texas are in general more courteous than people in thge northeast

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? yes
7. Greet people you don't know? yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? yes
11. Not return calls? yes
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? yes
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? no
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? no

1. Age
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban
---SuburbanX
---Small town
---Rural
3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban
---SuburbanX
---Small town
---Rural
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)holding the door
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?No, people are eqauly rude and bigoted all across the south

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?y
7. Greet people you don't know?y
8. Hold/open doors for people?y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?i have never ridden on a bus with old people
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?y
11. Not return calls?y
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?y
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?beer
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?y
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?y



[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by Ryan_Dipietro]

1. 27
2. rural
3. urban
4. please and thank you
5. yes, in my rural hometown
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes
12. yes
13. no
14. yes
15. no

1. Age
30
2. The area you grew up in is:
Rural
3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
Being from the south... it would be to say yes ma'am... no ma'am etc... even if the girl behind to counter or what not is 18.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
South... particularly from Texas where I was born and raised.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)

6. Smile at people you don't know? Yes
7. Greet people you don't know? Yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? Yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? Yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? Yes
11. Not return calls? YES
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? No
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? No
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? No
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? No

1. Age -- 26
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Suburban

3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
-- No, people are pretty much assholes everywhere I've ever lived or visited. I've lived in three states (two midwestern, one west coast) and travelled quite a bit, and people are pretty much discourteous everywhere. Small-town and rural hospitality is a myth (unless you've lived there and people know you and like you)

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? -- Y
7. Greet people you don't know? -- Y
8. Hold/open doors for people? -- Y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? -- Never had the opportunity, but I would.
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? -- Y
11. Not return calls? -- Not return calls? Like, do I return a call from everyone who has ever left a message? Um.. No, I do not always return calls.
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? -- Y
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? -- N
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? -- N
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? -- N




[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by Shalome]

1. Age 21
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Suburban

3. The area you live in now is:
---Small town

4. common courtesy = taking a moment to think about how your actions will affect others. If it will affect them negatively, don't do it.

5. People were definately more courteous where I grew up. I'm living in a college town right now and just about everybody is a drunk asshole. The vast quantities in alcohol consumed in this vicinity is definately a big reason for the lack of courtesy.

6. Smile at people you don't know? yes
7. Greet people you don't know? yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? yes
11. Not return calls? no
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? yes
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? no
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? no

1. Age 26
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban

3. The area you live in now is:
--Suburban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
Acknowledging other people and there comments, smiling, saying please and thank you, just being polite.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? Both have about the same level of ignorance (only urban can be more violent when courtesy isn’t shown, or when you expect it)

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?
Yes
7. Greet people you don't know?
Yes
8. Hold/open doors for people?
Yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?
Definately
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?
I’d pick it up… not sure if I’d give it them back well it could be £50!!!
11. Not return calls?
On occasions – ‘thank you call ID’
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?
If they're talking sh*t
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?
Hell NO!
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?
Nope
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?
Eeek! , have done at my gym – but they’re never used!!

1. Age - 24

2. The area you grew up in is:
---Small town

3. The area you live in now is:
---Suburban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Just a general idea.. being polite to strangers.. the opposite of being rude.

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? Things seem to be the same between the small town i grew up, and the suburban area I am in now.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? Yes
7. Greet people you don't know? Yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? Yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? Yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? Yes
11. Not return calls? Yes
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? No (major pet peeve)
13. Take the last of someone else's food w
ithout asking? No
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? No
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? No

1. Age 24
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Suburban


3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.) saying thankyou

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? yup

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? yes
7. Greet people you don't know? yes
8. Hold/open doors for people? yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? yes or tell them they droped it
11. Not return calls? yes
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? i try not to but im pretty sure i do
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? no
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? no

1. Age
2. The area you grew up in is:
Suburban
3. The area you live in now is:
Urban
4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
Putting others' needs ahead of yours.
5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?
Smaller town = more courteous, I guess
Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. y
7. y
8. y
9. y
10. sure
11. all the time
12. y
13. I might
14. no
15. no

1. 23
2. Small Town
3. Suburban
4. My mom beating "being polite" into my head.
5. People in NY are much less polite than in Alaska

6. Y
7. Y
8. Y
9. Y
10. Y
11. Y
12. N
13. N
14. N
15. N

-Trevor

1. Age-24
2. The area you grew up in is:
---Urban
3. The area you live in now is:

---Small town

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)

Taking a moment away from my own self-absorbed experience to offer a kindness to someone else.

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another?

I grew up in the South-East, and the people there were far more courteous than the people I now live around in the South-West. My extensive travelling in the US has shown me that the further west I go, the less courteous people become.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know?-Y
7. Greet people you don't know?-Y
8. Hold/open doors for people?-Y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person?-Y
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it?-Y
11. Not return calls?-N
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking?-N
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking?-N
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service?-N
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces?-N




[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by boundforburn]

1. twentytwo
2. suburban
3. suburban
4. respect and politeness towards anyone i meet i suppose
5. yes, i grew up in a neighbourhood that was so dutch ( white i suppose) that the first time i saw a black man as a kid, i thought he was a boogeyman from a dutch story), now i live in a neighbourhood that's mainly marrocan and turkish immigrants and people and kids here are just extremely rude.

6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes
12. no, not intentionally anyway
13. no
14. no
15. no

1. Age - 27

2. The area you grew up in is:
---Small town

3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.) - Saying "please" and "thank you", saying "excuse me" when you have to walk around or in front of somebody, holding the door for someone struggling with packages or suitcases, holding the door for the elderly, keeping your hand on the door as you walk through if someone is behind you (so it doesn't swing shut on them)... stuff like that.

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? -- Rural and small town people tend to be more courteous, on average. For example, when I lived in mining and farm country, men almost always held the door for me. In the city, it's mostly elderly men who do that. Rural people also excuse themselves, say "thank you" and "please" more often, and so on.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)

6. Smile at people you don't know? Y
7. Greet people you don't know? Y
8. Hold/open doors for people? Y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? Y
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? Y
11. Not return calls? N
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? N
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? N
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? N
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? N

1. Age -31
2. The area you grew up in is:

---Suburban

3. The area you live in now is:

---Small town

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.) saying please thank you and excuse me, not yelling at your child in public, sparing the feelings of others.

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? yes definitely. pretty much any one in sweden looks at me like im crazy when I say excuse me for walking in front of them, I really miss hearing the word please... it is just assumed here.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? yes
7. Greet people you don't know? no
8. Hold/open doors for people? yes
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? yes
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? yes
11. Not return calls? sometimes
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? nope
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? no
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? no
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? no



[Edited on Nov 04, 2004 by sakita]

1. Age 26

2. The area you grew up in is:
---Suburban

3. The area you live in now is:
---Urban

4. When you think of common courtesy, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (it could be an experience, a specific act, etc.)
Plain and simple MANNERS.

5. If you've lived in more than one area throughout your life, were people more courteous in one than another? Not that i noticed.

Do you ever... (just answer Y or N)
6. Smile at people you don't know? Y
7. Greet people you don't know? Y
8. Hold/open doors for people? Y
9. Give up your seat on a train/bus for an elderly/disabled person? Y
10. Pick something up for someone if they dropped it? Y
11. Not return calls? Y
12. Interrupt people when they're speaking? N
13. Take the last of someone else's food without asking? N
14. Cut in line or make an excuse to get faster service? N
15. Park in handicapped spots, or take up two spaces? N

1. 35
2. suburban
3. urban
4. something lacking in most people
5. yes
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. no
11. no
12. no
13. oh hell no
14. no
15. no