“I’m always trying to set goals. My latest goal….I’m trying to be less polite, you know? ‘Cause the world is not as polite as you’re raised to believe it’s gonna be, you know? I don’t understand why we accept that when you say ‘thank you,’ people don’t have to say ‘you’re welcome’ anymore. People have stopped. Now, you say ‘thank you,’ and people give you a nod, like….I want to stab you in the fucking ears if you do that shit to me. I do. I’ll go, ‘thank you,’ and they go… I go, ‘did you not… did you not just hear what I just said to you, man?’ And you get, like, a follow-up nod. So now, I skip it all. I just take shit, and I go…”
— Tom Segura, Tom Segura: Completely Normal
Tagged: Politeness, Thank You, You're Welcome
Appears In: Quotes To Make You Smile
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