A Brit, even if they are alone, forms an orderly queue of one. No one waits their turn like us.
No other nation says ‘thank you’ more than us either – fact. In no other country is ‘sorry’ scattered through conversation like confetti: ‘sorry for brushing past’; ‘sorry, do you have the time?’ Politeness is our badge of honour.
But it can also work against us. A new campaign warns that British courtesy is being exploited by fraudsters who keep us yakking on the phone, all the better to scam us.
A survey finds that 53 per cent of us stay on calls,
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