Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Chivalry


I've experienced this enough times now on the bus and tram so I thought I mention another difference between the U.S. and Poland. Usually when there are not enough seats on a bus, a younger person will give up their seat to an older person, without being asked. It happened again today on the bus home from Ikea. 3 teenage girls were sitting across from us and when the bus stopped to pick up several older people, the 3 girls all gave up their seats. I don't remember that happening in the U.S.

At Ikea we bought a fitted sheet for a Queen sized bed..49.99zl,$18.72USD; a pillow for the same price, a pillow case for 19.99 zl, $7.50USD and 6 "D" batteries for 13.98 zl, $5.23USD.

Doświadczyłem tego dość czasów teraz na autobusie i tramwaju tak myślałem, że wspominam inną różnicę między Stanami Zjednoczonymi a Polską. Zwykle kiedy nie będą dość siedzeń na autobusie, młodsza osoba będzie zaniechać ich siedzenia do starszej osoby, bez bycia pytana. To zdarzyło się znowu dzisiaj na autobusie do domu z Ikea. 3 nastolatków dziewczyny siedziały w poprzek od nas i kiedy autobus zatrzymywał się by podnieść kilku starszych ludzi, 3 dziewczyny wszystkie zaniechały ich siedzeń. Nie pamiętam, że zdarzające się w Stanach Zjednoczonych
W Ikea kupiliśmy dopasowany arkusz dla Królowej ustawił według rozmiarów bed..49.99zl,$18.72USD; poduszka dla tej samej ceny, przypadek poduszki dla 19.99 zl, $7.50USD i 6 "D" baterii dla 13.98 zl, $5.23USD.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

FROM ANNA IN FLORIDA

DAVID,

IN POLAND THERE IS A LESSON DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK CALLED GODZINA WYCHOWAWCZA, WHERE YOUNG STUDENTS ARE TOUGHT GOOD MANNERS, PROPER BEHAVIOR AND RESPECT FOR THEIR ELDERS. ALSO AT HOME PARENTS PAY ATTENTION TO BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.
YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR DAILY ACCOUNTS THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HANG ANY PICTURES ON THE WALLS. MAYBE YOU CAN FIND SOME SUCTION CUP HANGERS OR SELF ADHESIVE WALL HANGERS WITH RELEASE TABS FROM 3 M. YOU CAN FIND THEM AT YOUR BIG SUPERMARKET STORE IN FRAME AND ART SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OR MAYBE IN ONE OF THE GENERAL STORES.
YOUR DAILY ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN POLAND IS GREAT AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING AND I AM SO GLAD THAT SO FAR YOU ARE HAVE GREAT TIME.
KEEP UP GOOD WORKS. ALSO LOVE YOUR PICTURES OF YOUR FAMILY FROM YEARS BACK.

Joan and David Piekarczyk said...

Dear Anna,
I think that's a class they have in America!

I check and see if we can find those types of hangers the next time we go to the "supermarket".

Anonymous said...

David,
I'm *so* jealous of your access to the IKEA store. Here in Colorado there aren't any withing reasonable driving distance -- I think the closest one is in Arizona. I got spoiled shopping at them when I lived on the East Coast...

Oh well...

Lucie

Joan and David Piekarczyk said...

Kind of funny that I'm in Poland and I have better access than you.

Anonymous said...

That's *exactly* What I thought!
Lucie