Acceptance is a basic human need, much like nourishment. If anything, the author is making a very valid point about the lack of etiquette in the Bay Area. Comi

Acceptance is a basic human need, much like nourishment. If anything, the author is making a very valid point about the lack of etiquette in the Bay Area. Coming from the midwest, I am continually shocked by peoples' aloofness and lack of civility here. That stuff would never fly where I came from.