When it comes to foreigners' manners, if you really compare them, they're actually no different from back home—littering, spitting anywhere, and even relieving themselves in public.
But from a normal person's perspective, they put extra effort into their behavior in public places.
Even if it's just for show, they'll put on a front of being a gentleman or a lady.
Holding the door for you when exiting the subway or a building, pulling back the curtain for you when leaving a supermarket—those kinds of little gestures.
So, even if everyone knows deep down, they maintain their public image and refrain from inappropriate actions.
Like what just happened, jumping the queue like that is definitely dropping the act; that's genuine urgency.
"What's the difference? It's just us few here anyway."
"Exactly. On a rainy day, people prefer lying in a soft bed, sleeping in. Who would come out for breakfast? It's just crazy."
