[ You can't see over text, but Enjolras is furious right now]
Your callow attempt at humour has failed to hit its mark. Do you think yourself witty? Pah. This is not the place for it.
Civility is a necessity. It is so among men who share a common history and society. It is doubly true here, where those of us from many different worlds and times and customs must interact with one another. A please and a thank seem like nothing, but to those we do not know it may be everything. It ensures our interactions are free from unnecessary strife and misunderstanding- two things which are common enough already.
Do you think your attempt at humour will cover this lack of common courtesy? You have asked a man to share with you about himself. A man you do not know, of course. How can you know him? He has awakened here only days ago. So it is not through familiarity that you can excuse your manners. Perhaps you think your camaraderie will grow better if you are at once informal and familiar with him? Another dangerous assumption, especially as you state your request in writing, with so little other indication of tone or context. The man to whom you speak is as you are, another man. He has taken the care to introduce himself in a genial, open manner. To receive a response as curt as yours- it is rudeness itself.
[THIS GOES ON FOR ANOTHER FEW PARAGRAPHS, EXPLAINING WHY IT IS NOT POLITE TO BE RUDE TO PEOPLE YOU HAVE NEVER MET.]
But perhaps you have not thought of these things. Perhaps your response was written quickly and, with these considerations now brought to mind, you would care to amend your request to this young man. I hope that is so.
YOU WILL BE IF YOU DON'T MIND YOUR MANNERS, CHILD
Your callow attempt at humour has failed to hit its mark.
Do you think yourself witty? Pah. This is not the place for it.
Civility is a necessity. It is so among men who share a common history and society. It is doubly true here, where those of us from many different worlds and times and customs must interact with one another. A please and a thank seem like nothing, but to those we do not know it may be everything. It ensures our interactions are free from unnecessary strife and misunderstanding- two things which are common enough already.
Do you think your attempt at humour will cover this lack of common courtesy? You have asked a man to share with you about himself. A man you do not know, of course. How can you know him? He has awakened here only days ago. So it is not through familiarity that you can excuse your manners. Perhaps you think your camaraderie will grow better if you are at once informal and familiar with him? Another dangerous assumption, especially as you state your request in writing, with so little other indication of tone or context. The man to whom you speak is as you are, another man. He has taken the care to introduce himself in a genial, open manner. To receive a response as curt as yours- it is rudeness itself.
[THIS GOES ON FOR ANOTHER FEW PARAGRAPHS, EXPLAINING WHY IT IS NOT POLITE TO BE RUDE TO PEOPLE YOU HAVE NEVER MET.]
But perhaps you have not thought of these things. Perhaps your response was written quickly and, with these considerations now brought to mind, you would care to amend your request to this young man. I hope that is so.