Which do you perfer to do in public? At home? With friends? Strangers? And do you have any stories where being polite paid off, or being rude makes a funny story?

Discuss.

Im a pretty rude person but thats just my personality. If you know me well then you dont take offense to it.

Oh and you suck. ;)

i tend to be too polite in real life, apologising for someone else walking into me etc. but when i talk to my mates or im online or whatever, my scottish humour definitely shows (i use a lot of sarcasm). and i think its misinterpreted sometimes lol.

and when i used to work in a shop that was trying to fashion itself for the upper classes, we had to be as professional as possible even when being spoken to like dirt. i would get really crappy customers and i would smile as best i could and be soo polite, even when they were being a complete eejit. act like i actually enjoyed being spoken to like that by a bunch of a-holes *rolls eyes*. anyway, it would creep them out, which was awesome. gave me a good wee giggle, anyway.

I am very polite in person, although around friends I am a bit more casual.

Im very polite too. Even amongst friends and family.

I tend to be polite. Although I'm kinda rude around friends... >_>

I'm super polite in person, but people see me as a super asshole on the forums for some reason. Nobody wuvs me here

Polite in real life, although laid back when with friends.

It really depends. I try to be polite to everyone.

Depends on the situation.

Usually I'm polite towards everyone, 'though occasionally I tend to be to witty for my own good.
If I'm really drunk, though, I tend to be more open to the point of being called a dirty bastard. And rude.