I also miss polite people who are conscious of others around them and who consciously acknowledge the presense, the existence of other people with their courteouness and polite consideration. It is not enough, for me, that Mexicans have built in atomic clocks and know the precise instant it is no longer "buenos dias" and becomes "buenas tardes." I miss people who respect my privacy and don't ask me how much money I make or how much I paid for my house, who don't endanger me in traffic and on the highway, who don't block the aisles in the groceries stores and ignore me while I wait patiently for them to give way.

I miss common courtesy, the social graces I learned in kindergarten, and common respect for my privacy, my peace and quiet in the wee hours of the night/morning when I need to sleep, my property, and my person.