..depends on the situation and location.
In a customer service situation, a Londoner is rude, careless and unresponsive. Sounds cruel but its true. At the check out the attendant doesnt bother packing your groceries in your shopping bag nor do they care about smiling or initiating small talk. In Oz they are cheerful nchatty and all. But here they dont give a toss. Its good cause I dont need to either and there is no love lost. But, if you say hello and ask how they are then you get a whole new experience. They are friendly and will let you get away with not having enough change. It makes a big difference if you start a chat.
This is different from the tube (aka, the train). On the tube its a totally different story. You look after your ass and make sure you get on that train. There is a saying on the underground - here is always room for one more. And its freakin true. No matter how full it is, if you need to get to work on THIS train, screw everyone else, push, shove and get it. Its expected and no one cares.
In the car its like on the tube but faster and in a car.
But get them out of those environments, into a room, and they are polite but honet. If they feel crap, you will know about it. But they will chat and get to know you before they decide whether to keep chatting or leave.
The funniest for me is on the tube, all the polite formal business attitude goes out the window and its all about getting on that damn tube... even though a train arrives every 1 minute - literary every 1 minute.
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dude. here in sendai people pack their own groceries into bags! they just give you a plastic bag and say. seeya!
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