A little bit of courtesy would do

Have you ever been to Balogun market on Lagos island, Nigeria? (For those reading this that aren't Nigerians,  you might not relate at this point).  I'm sure you might have been really frustrated with how people just push you like no man's business.  I know it's a market and all but hey!  Don't behave like you pushing me is your freaking right to own the whole road.

I'm normally a courteous person not just to my elders but also to my mates and people I'm older than.  So I'm in the market with my mum buying stuff and this woman comes from nowhere and literally just pushes my mum and I.  In my head I'm like "What the hell"?  Normally  I'd just forget it since she's elderly but she just made matters worse by saying" Ehn what do you want me to do"? I just shouted that she should apologize at least.  Well, she didn't but people around apologized because the way she pushed us was just not it.

Another scenario

I wake up My mum wakes me up this morning to help her do something online.  I know this means I'm not going to smell my bed again till I'm done with all I have to do.  Now,  someone just keeps banging on our house gate,  literally banging the gate. Even when I'm shouting "I'm coming",  this person doesn't actually care but keeps banging.  At this point, I'm forced to shout cos my mum is also getting irritated by this.  I open up and I see that it's a family friend so I have to put on a smile and show I'm welcoming.  This person now says "why are you now angry"? and I'm like I'm not angry but you shouldn't have kept on banging the gate when I already said I was coming.  Courtesy demands you apologize for causing a nuisance,  right?  But nah... Some of us just think it's our right to be plain rude but we don't tolerate when others are rude to us. Some of the quarrels that occur could be easily avoided if you're at least courteous to the other person. Please let's learn to use the words "please,  excuse me,  sorry,  thank you,  pardon me". Being a courteous person is something that will take us a long way and attract great people towards us.