I used to believe politeness was a thing of the past, but I had to change my thinking after my experience in a happening coffee place with two of my grown-up daughters. The place was  (1)  so we had to climb a  (2)  and steep(陡的) flight of stairs in order to find an empty table. After  (3)  coffee and snacks, we were going down the stairs one by one, leaving hardly any  (4)  for another person to either climb up or come down.

Just as I was in the middle of my way down,a gentleman  (5)  the restaurant through the main entrance,which was right  (6)  the staircase. I was sure I would be   (7)  roughly by this man who would want to go up in a hurry. I kept coming down as fast as I could,   (8)  the banister(扶手). My  (9)  were already down, looking up at me  (10)  , hoping I would reach them  (11)  the stranger started up the stairs, knowing I was a nervous sort. Nearly reaching them, I  (12)  the man still standing near the  (13)  . I reached my daughters and passed the  (14)  at the entrance door which he  (15)  holding open.

Looking back on this matter, all three of us felt  (16)  that we did not even thank the  (17)  gentleman who was actually holding the door open for us ladies to  (18)  through before going up. Such well-mannered people are hard to find these days, when jostling(推撞) and pushing is  (19)  in our advanced but aggressive(好斗的) society. The gentleman in the coffee place restored my faith in human  (20)  .