HK is good about their public service announcements...maybe the government should kick off a manners campaign, but do you think anyone would listen?
The Readers Digest poll listed Seoul right near the bottom, and when I was teaching English in Korea the manager said she wanted to start teaching manners to the kids. I snickered and thought to myself, how is she going to do that, when she is one of the most ignorant people I had ever met. Sweetie, ya kinda need to know what manners are before you can teach them!
I also always had to remind the kids to wash their hands after using the toilet and always the second refrain..."did you use soap?" as they wheeled around and went back