British gents politely died on Titanic
Published: 19 January, 2009, 17:00
Edited: 04 October, 2010, 12:21
British passengers of the ill-fated liner Titanic lost their opportunity to survive to pushy American fellow travellers due to the social norms of polite behaviour that bound them, a recent study said.
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I am not terribly surprised that people tend to follow cultural norms even in life-or-death situations, but I would like to note that customs vary considerably in the United States, and Southerners, at least, generally wait their turn in line.
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The data INDICATE (plural). Also RT is awesome