Question

Whose story does the author commend to
the lift man?​

Answer 1

Answer:

sorry I don't know either I will tell if I know

Answer 2

Answer:

Gardiner feels that, although we may feel sympathetic towards the liftman, we must agree that the law is right in not giving us the freedom to use violence against people whose manners of expression we do not like.

Explanation:

This essay by A.G. Gardiner explores the issue of politeness as an extremely important feature of civil society. The essay is about the author recounting an incident of a lift attendant who threw a passenger out of his lift. The problem was that the passenger, rather rudely, demanded to be taken to the top floor. The liftman wanted a more polite request prefaced with the word ‘please’. Since the passenger refuses to use the word, the liftman threw the passenger out of the lift. Commenting on the incident, Gardiner points out that the action of the liftman cannot be condoned. He thinks so because impoliteness is not considered to be a legally punishable offense.