{"id":979,"date":"2006-06-26T17:07:56","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T16:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/06\/26\/well-i-always-knew-this\/"},"modified":"2006-06-26T17:07:56","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T16:07:56","slug":"well-i-always-knew-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/06\/26\/well-i-always-knew-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, I always knew this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But then I&#8217;m a New Yorker.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2006\/06\/21\/national\/main1738856.shtml\">Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2006\/06\/21\/national\/main1738856.shtml\"> survey finds Big Apple to be world&#8217;s politest city <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The magazine sent reporters &#8220;undercover&#8221; to 36 cities in 35 countries to measure courtesy. New York was the only American city on the list.the magazine&#8217;s politeness police gave three types of tests to more than 2,000 unwitting participants.<\/p>\n<p>The reporters walked into buildings to see if the people in front of them would hold the door open; bought small items in stores and recorded whether the salespeople said &#8220;thank you&#8221;; and dropped a folder full of papers in busy locations to see if anyone would help pick them up.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers turned out to be the politest: 90 percent held the door open, 19 out of 20 store clerks said &#8220;thank you,&#8221; and 63 percent of men and 47 percent of women helped with the flying papers.<\/p>\n<p>In short, four out of five New Yorkers passed the courtesy test.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My people. 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