I still remember when I was working as a receptionist dealing with a child at the desk , and a woman walked up behind the child and started speaking at me straight over the child 's head . Yes , I am going to stereotype , but she looked like the kind of woman who would have been livid if a child had done that to her . Politeness should work for everybody , and I try and make sure it does . I can appreciate that many people feel the difficulty of being uncertain about it . All I can do is suggest they work on it . I think the same issue about uncertainty is at the root of the popularity of creationism .

Question: What did you do when the woman stood over the child and spoke to you ?
Answer: I told her that she was second in line and would have to wait her turn to be helpedI helped her first because she is the child 's seniorNone of the above choices .I assisted her while the child waited and then got back to helping the child