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A sign of a mannered people. Now let's try it in New York.

bragr 4y ago
No it's a sign of the overall culture, not the individual. You could do this in New York but it would be so unusual that people would think you are scamming them or just look at you like you grew a second head.
- picture 4y ago
  I think "a sign of a mannered people" refer to the collective rather than the individual, but it also takes changing the individual to change the collective.
zzixp 4y ago
Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnL7sJYblGY&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnL7sJYblGY&t=2s
elliottkember 4y ago
I have a link for you! > A group of 13 research assistants (11 men and 2 women) were recruited for a trip around the world. They traveled to 355 major cities across 40 countries. In each city, they visited banks, theaters, hotels, police stations, and other public spaces and turned in a “lost wallet,” which they claimed to have found on the street, to a nearby employee. https://gizmodo.com/researchers-lost-17-000-wallets-in-hundreds-of-cities-t-1835666685 https://gizmodo.com/researchers-lost-17-000-wallets-in-hundr...
esotericimpl 4y ago
New Yorkers are incredibly mannered, people return items in the subway that people drop or leave behind all the time. The issue with finding lost items is that people would usually leave them at the police station, if you're familiar with the NYC police department you would know they are one of the most corrupt and overbudgeted forces in the world. For some reason theyre not returning lost items to people or actually interested in doing so. They're really good at standing around and parking illegally though.
upupandup 4y ago
It's a testament to Confucianism. Same in Korea, you can leave your items unattended, lost items are always returned. I also wonder if this is more the result of a homogenous society. Since everyone is expected to know the rules and the cost of going against it is known. ex) ijime culture in japan
cafard 4y ago
I don't live there. I have had a lost wallet held for my retrieval in the Washington, DC, suburbs, and have myself returned lost wallets, ID, etc. in Washington. Is New York that different?

No it's a sign of the overall culture, not the individual. You could do this in New York but it would be so unusual that people would think you are scamming them or just look at you like you grew a second head.

picture 4y ago
I think "a sign of a mannered people" refer to the collective rather than the individual, but it also takes changing the individual to change the collective.

zzixp 4y ago

Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnL7sJYblGY&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnL7sJYblGY&t=2s

elliottkember 4y ago

I have a link for you! > A group of 13 research assistants (11 men and 2 women) were recruited for a trip around the world. They traveled to 355 major cities across 40 countries. In each city, they visited banks, theaters, hotels, police stations, and other public spaces and turned in a “lost wallet,” which they claimed to have found on the street, to a nearby employee. https://gizmodo.com/researchers-lost-17-000-wallets-in-hundreds-of-cities-t-1835666685 https://gizmodo.com/researchers-lost-17-000-wallets-in-hundr...

esotericimpl 4y ago

New Yorkers are incredibly mannered, people return items in the subway that people drop or leave behind all the time. The issue with finding lost items is that people would usually leave them at the police station, if you're familiar with the NYC police department you would know they are one of the most corrupt and overbudgeted forces in the world. For some reason theyre not returning lost items to people or actually interested in doing so. They're really good at standing around and parking illegally though.

upupandup 4y ago

It's a testament to Confucianism. Same in Korea, you can leave your items unattended, lost items are always returned. I also wonder if this is more the result of a homogenous society. Since everyone is expected to know the rules and the cost of going against it is known. ex) ijime culture in japan

cafard 4y ago

I don't live there. I have had a lost wallet held for my retrieval in the Washington, DC, suburbs, and have myself returned lost wallets, ID, etc. in Washington. Is New York that different?