Manilans Most Courteous in Asia

[samsungster]

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Mo sugot ta ani mga Cebuano that Manilans most courteous in Asia according to survey??

RESEARCHERS of Reader’s Digest, a popular United States-based monthly magazine, went around Metro Manila recently to conduct a Courtesy Test, staging scenarios to find out just how polite Filipinos are compared to people from 34 other cities around the world. Manila, being one of the country’s most populous cities, was chosen for staging the three scenarios. These were to see if people would hold open a door for someone, say “thank you” after making a sale, and help someone pick up papers dropped in a busy place.

Manila was number 21 out of 35 in the global ranking of the test (1st being most courteous and least courteous, 35th).

But in Asia, the region with the poorest performances, Filipinos proved to be the most polite. “It’s not normal nowadays for a woman to hold the door open for someone of the same gender,” said a Filipino woman who did not hold the door for a Reader’s Digest’s undercover reporter. In this particular test, Manila got a global ranking near the bottom at 33rd. Only 25 percent of those tested bothered to even hold the door slightly ajar. For the purchasing test (whether or not customers say “thank you” after making a purchase), Manila scored 65 percent for a global ranking of 23rd. In Asia, it placed fourth after Jakarta, Taipei and Singapore. The survey found that if you dropped papers on a Manila street, chances were someone would help you pick these up. Filipinos scored well at 55 percent for an impressive global ranking of 5th.

“It’s innate for me to be helpful and courteous. There was even a time when I helped an elderly cross the street. It really matters when your parents raised you with the proper values,” said Albert Magbagay, an 18-year-old student. Filipinos could be more helpful if not for certain concerns such as the one raised by Elizabeth Yap, a self-employed 37-year-old.

“I wanted to help but I was hesitant because I was thinking, ‘What if it is just another modus operandi of swindlers or pickpockets?’” she said. Based on overall results, New Yorkers finished first, landing on the top five in all three tests. Other high-scoring cities included Zurich, Switzerland (2nd); Toronto, Canada (3rd); and Berlin, Germany. Zagreb, Croatia and São Paulo, Brazil tied for fourth place. At the bottom of the list was Mumbai, India. Described as providing a snapshot of behavior in various countries, more than being a scientific survey, the Courtesy Test is the world’s biggest real-life test of common courtesy. More than 2,000 separate tests on actual behavior were conducted.

The Courtesy Test is fully discussed in the article “How Polite Are You?”, the cover story of the July 2006 issue of Reader’s Digest.

[tolstoi]

RESEARCHERS of Reader’s Digest, a popular United States-based monthly magazine, went around Metro Manila recently to conduct a Courtesy Test, staging scenarios to find out just how polite Filipinos are compared to people from 34 other cities around the world.

Reader's Digest may have thought that the people of Manila represents the WHOLE of Phils. Anyways this is still good since we got a positive result. Let's just cheers

[potterboy]

is cebu part of the survey?

[samokan]

well manila is still part of the philippines and its good that they a positive remark..

i watch the same test, featured in CNN and HongKong was rated as the rudest city

[jugs_06]

well at least manila is still part of the philippines.. not a big deal.. it's a positive remark anyway..

...and guess what, ive heard this on the radio...New York city was ranked as the most polite city in the whole world....

..i would be more surprised with this..

[baron]

Researchers from Reader's Digests went over to several metropolises of different countries such as New York in US and Manila in Philippines. Nonetheless, we ranked first as being courteous among Asians, according to the survey.

The survey only proves we still have the values intact with us. Despite many questions and obviously unwanted remarks to the diminishing Filipino attitude, here's a survey to prove us otherwise. Not to mention our hospitality, huh. Hopefully, we can still pass on this positive attitude to the youth.

[tolstoi]

bwahahahah..nakaugalian na sa mga tagalog yung mag PO at OPO

[tackielarla]

I think the reason why wa naapil ang Cebu as one possible city to look at because sa population. 2000 population nato was 718,821 (thanks Wikipedia...). Lets say include nato Metro Cebu Area around 2-2.5 million.

Manila, on the other hand, has 1.58 million residents last 2000. Include the whole Metro Manila, it has roughly 10 million.

I think the editors are Readers Digest only wanted to look at mega cities for this survey. :mrgreen:

Still, we should be proud because Manilenos are still our brothers and they did make the list as one of the most courteous in the world...

[craz_beautiful_ava]

wala tingali sila survey sa cebu..

they went lang to manila kay mao man ang capital sa philippines..

[lalakingbisdak]

This news is good. If they will conduct the same thing in cebu city or cebu, maybe we will be on the top 5 slot. Manila is top 21.