# When socio-cultural stereotypes prove true.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socio-cultural-stereotypes-prove-true/810821 "2018-03-19T12:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socio-cultural-stereotypes-prove-true/810821/9 "2018-03-24T08:53:16Z")

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Well, of course. If you only need one bottle of wine, you take the one you want and leave the other one for the next looter. It’s just common courtesy!

> [@Grey](#):
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> He’s also sorry. 🙂

From a previous thread a few years ago: [In which two apologetic Canadians both claim responsibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=745833):

> [@In which two apologetic Canadians both claim responsibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-two-apologetic-canadians-both-claim-responsibility/709442/1):
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> I was in the local Shoppers drugstore the other day, pulling one of those little wheeled shopping baskets.
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> My shopping basket collided with another fellow’s shopping basket.
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> “Oh, sorry,” I said.
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> “Sorry,” he replied.
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> “Yes, sorry,” I said.
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> “Yes, but it was really my fault”, he replied.
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> All in the space of 30 seconds, and we went our separate ways.

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