I read a story recently about a woman who got on a crowded subway in New York City. When a man got up and offered her a seat, the surprise was so great that she fainted. When the woman recovered she said, “thank you”, and the man fainted. I suspect that this story isn’t true. Well at least, I am reasonably sure it isn’t. But one wonders how much of it is really exaggerated!! It seems that in our society common courtesy and simple gratitude seem to be so rare that […]