"I'm sorry.."

Now, the title probably indicates, that this is gonna be some sort of an appology. It's not. It's gonna be about politeness.
I have a couple of times been told that I'm too polite (which is actually funny, since I'm also slightly arrogant, funny how those two things can combine).
My friend used to make fun of me, because when ever a car stopped for me at the street, I would do this little bow thing. Not really a bow, I would just my upper body slightly and incline my head. I'm not sure why, I just wanted to show them that I appreciated it I guess.
When I worked at Mc. Donalds adn was standing in the drive in, the other people wearing headsets would usually joke about how overly eager, helpful and polite I'd sound in the speakers.
And when I worked at another resturant and was being taught how to do things, one of the waiters would get extremely annoyed at me, telling me to stop saying "I'm sorry" every time I did something wrong, as she said it was natural to do things wrong in the beginning. Well, I know it is, and it wasn't really because I was sorry. That's just... How I am... When I do something wrong, even though I know it might not be my fault, or that others might not care about it, I say "I'm sorry," I guess to show that I know I did it wrong.. Same if I almost walk into someone on the sidewalk, even if it was not my fault. It's not because I'm actually sorry, I'm just being polite.

Now, am I being too polite? I don't know. To be honest, I think we're rather impolite in Denmark, at least compared to other places. In England, you say "please" after every other sentence, and though I know we say "tak" sometimes here, it seems far from consistent. It is not uncommon to see customers yell at service personal in stores, for something that was the customers fault, and it's not uncommon to see said service personal treat customers as if they'd really prefer if they were all shot.

To be honest, I think we'd avoid a lot troubles if people would care to be just a little more polite sometimes. Be prepared to, for politenes, share the blame, even if it wasn't your fault. And yes, just because it's polite! Of course, only minor cases, you shouldn't take the blame if your neighbour kill his wife, but I'm sure you get the point.

I'm not saying that there aren't politeness around, there is, and I think that a lot of people are very polite, helping moms with... You know those things you put your baby into?, into buses, offering you to jump ahead in the line if you only have one thing and such, and I truly appreciate that! It can make my day if someone is polite to me! See how little it takes, I'm sure many people feel the same.
So why can't we just do it all the time, why do we have to get rude and unpleasent if things doesn't go completely our way?

Get on with the "please", the "thank you", and maybe most of all: The "I'm sorry"!