Summary of On Saying Please by A.G. Gardner

"On Saying Please"- Summary A.G. Gardner’s essay "On Saying Please", deals with the importance of the expressions ‘Please', or' Thank you, in daily social life. It settles many bitter arguments and softens harsh tempers. In this essay, the writer talks about the value of good manners in society. To strengthen his views A.G. Gardner gives examples from his own experience. Once, a lift man threw a passenger out of the lift because the passenger did not say "Top please". This act of the lift man is wrong because one cannot punish impoliteness with physical violence. Hence the action of the lift man is not legally justified. Impoliteness is not a legal offence and it cannot be treated by violence. If that can be done, the city will run with blood all day due to violence. Though incivility and impoliteness are not legally wrong, they are extremely dangerous and it will affect the course of life. Bad manners are like infections. They actually do more dama…